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A regaining; recovery of something lost. [Obs.] Bacon.

alize, a word now first brought into use to express the conversion of ideal property into something real. W. Irving.

An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood. Elmes.

To build again, as something which has been demolished; to construct anew; as, to rebuild a house, a wall, a wharf, or a city.

To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to receive a gift, a message, or a letter. Receyven all in gree that God us sent. Chaucer.

That which serves, or is used, fro receiving and containing something, as a basket, a vase, a bag, a reservoir; a repository. O sacred receptacle of my joys! Shak.

A dish of food that has been warmed again, hence, fig., something made up from old material; a rehash.

The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.

That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence. "One of his earliest recollections." Macaulay.

To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or deserved. [R.] Recompense to no man evil for evil. Rom. xii. 17.

The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.

ancient but reduced family." Sir W. Scott. Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon something belonging to it, to reduce it. Tillotson. Having reduced Their foe to misery beneath their fears. Milton. Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced. Hawthorne.…

The process of making a copy of something, as a figure, design, or draught, on a smaller scale, preserving the proper proportions. Fairholt.

Something which reënforces or strengthens. Specifically: (a) That part of a cannon near the breech which is thicker than the rest of the piece, so as better to resist the force of the exploding powder. See Illust. of Cannon. (b) An additional thickness of canvas, cloth, or the like, around an eyelet, buttonhole, etc.…

Capable of being referred, or considered in relation to something else; assignable; ascribable. [Written also referrible.] It is a question among philosophers, whether all the attractions which obtain between bodies are referable to one general cause. W. Nicholson.

That which refers to something; a specific direction of the attention; as, a reference in a text-book.

Containing a reference; pointing to something out of itself; as, notes for referential use. -- Ref`er*en"tial*ly, adv.

Something having a polished surface for reflecting light or heat, as a mirror, a speculum, etc.

Bending or turned backward; reflective; having respect to something past. Assurance reflexive can not be a divine faith. Hammond.