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ersaries; an act reconciable with previous acts. The different accounts of the numbers of ships are reconcilable. Arbuthnot. -- Rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv.

An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship. (b) (Chem.) A rectificator.

Pertaining to a rector or a rectory; rectoral. Shipley.

e; rescue; deliverance; as, the redemption of prisoners taken in war; the redemption of a ship and cargo. Specifically:

ing them. Reeming iron (Naut.), an iron chisel for reeming the seams of planks in calking ships.

specially, to strengthen with additional troops, as an army or a fort, or with additional ships, as a fleet. [Written also reinforce.]

nal force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet.

use again; to repair; to restore after damage or decay; as, to refit a garment; to refit ships of war. Macaulay.

A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship. [Written also rais and ras.]

To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked.

Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. Clarendon.

l destruction; to renew; to restore; to mend; as, to repair a house, a road, a shoe, or a ship; to repair a shattered fortune. Secret refreshings that repair his strength. Milton. Do thou, as thou art wont, repair My heart with gladness. Wordsworth.

A ship recaptured from an enemy or from a pirate.

To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise.

A loan upon goods laden on board a ship. It differs from bottomry, which is a loan on the ship itself. Bouvier.

To take from a captor; to recapture; as, to retake a ship or prisoners.

ress; to impede; to hinder; as, to retard the march of an army; to retard the motion of a ship; -- opposed to Ant: accelerate.

act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to Ant: acceleration. The retardations of our fluent motion. De Quinsey.

The withdrawing of a ship or fleet from an enemy for the purpose of avoiding an engagement or escaping after defeat.

To convey into official custody, or to a general depository. Instead of a ship, he should llevy money, and return the same to the treasurer for his majesty's use. Clarendon.