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To compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly. The far greater number of the objects presented to our observation can only be decomposed, but not actually recomposed. Sir W. Hamilton.

To concentrate again; to concentrate thoroughly.

To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled. Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. Dryden. The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e., restored to sanct…

To condense again.

To conduct back or again. "A guide to reconduct thy steps." Dryden.

To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province.

To consecrate anew or again.

To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.

To console or comfort again. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

To consolidate anew or again.

To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew. Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. Macaulay.

The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.

To convene or assemble again; to call or come together again.

A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge. Burrill. Bouvier.

To convert again. Milton.

Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.

To copy again.

The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body. [R.] Boyle.

To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

To count or reckon again.