Chapter 1271

He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and Tun under it. Fuller.

Rebut <Xpage=1197>

Re*but" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rebutted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Rebutting .] [OF. reb<?/<?/ter to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to push, thrust. See 1st Butt , Boutade .]

1. To drive or beat back; to repulse.

Who him, recount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted back. Spenser.

2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.

Abbott.

Rebut <Xpage=1197>

Re*but" , v. i. 1. To retire; to recoil. [Obs.]

Spenser.

2. (Law) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which the defendant. Blackstone.

Rebuttable <Xpage=1197>

Re*but"ta*ble (?) , a. Capable of being rebutted.

Rebuttal <Xpage=1197>

Re*but"tal (?) , n. (Law) The giving of evidence on the part of a plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant in the same suit.

Rebutter <Xpage=1197>

Re*but"ter (?) , n. (Law) The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.

Recadency <Xpage=1197>

Re*ca"den*cy (?) , n. A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.

W. Montagu.

Recalcitrant <Xpage=1197>

Re*cal"ci*trant (?) , a. [L. recalcitrans , p. pr. of recalcitrare to kick back; pref. re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel. Cf. Inculcate .] Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.

Recalcitrate <Xpage=1197>

Re*cal"ci*trate (?) , v. t. To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.

The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks. De Quincey.

Recalcitrate <Xpage=1197>

Re*cal"ci*trate , v. i. To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.

Recalcitration <Xpage=1197>

Re*cal`ci*tra"tion (?) , n. A kicking back again; opposition; repugnance; refractoriness.

Recall <Xpage=1197>

Re*call" (?) , v. t. 1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree .

Passed sentence may not be recall'd . Shak.

3. To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days .

Recall <Xpage=1197>

Re*call" , n. 1. A calling back; a revocation.

'T his done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall . Dryden.

2. (Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.

Wilhelm.

Recallable <Xpage=1197>

Re*call"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being recalled.

Recallment <Xpage=1197>

Re*call"ment (?) , n. Recall. [R.]

R. Browning.

Recant <Xpage=1197>

Re*cant" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Recanted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Recanting .] [L. recantare , recantatum , to recall, recant; pref. re- re- + cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d Cant , Chant .] To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.

How soon . . . ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void! Milton.

Syn. -- To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See Renounce .

Recant <Xpage=1197>

Re*cant" , v. i. To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant .

Dryden.

Recantation <Xpage=1197>

Re`can*ta"tion (?) , n. The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.

The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make a public recantation . Bp. Stillingfleet.

Recanter <Xpage=1197>

Re*cant"er (?) , n. One who recants.

Recapacitate <Xpage=1197>

Re`ca*pac"i*tate (?) , v. t. To qualify again; to confer capacity on again.

Atterbury.

Recapitulate <Xpage=1197>

Re*ca*pit"u*late (?) , v. t. [L. recapitulare , recapitulatum ; pref. re- re- + capitulum a small head, chapter, section. See Capitulate .] To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.

Recapitulate <Xpage=1197>

Re`ca*pit"u*late (?) , v. i. To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.

Recapitulation <Xpage=1197>

Re`ca*pit`u*la"tion (?) , n. [LL. recapitulatio : cf. F. recapitulation .] The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.

Recapitulator <Xpage=1197>

Re`ca*pit"u*la`tor (?) , n. One who recapitulates.

Recapitulatory <Xpage=1197>

Re`ca*pit"u*la*to*ry (?) , a. Of the nature of a recapitulation; containing recapitulation.

Recapper <Xpage=1197>

Re*cap"per (?) , n. (Firearms) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.

Recaption <Xpage=1197>

Re*cap"tion (?) , n. (Law) The act of retaking, as of one who has escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods, chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who has taken them and who wrongfully detains them.

Blackstone.

Writ of recaption (Law) , a writ to recover damages for him whose goods, being distrained for rent or service, are distrained again for the same cause. Wharton.

Recaptor <Xpage=1197>

Re*cap"tor (?) , n. One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which had been previously taken.

Recapture <Xpage=1197>

Re*cap"ture (?; 135) , n. 1. The act of retaking or recovering by capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.

2. That which is captured back; a prize retaken.

Recapture <Xpage=1197>

Re*cap"ture , v. t. To capture again; to retake.

Recarbonize <Xpage=1197>

Re*car"bon*ize (?) , v. t. (Metal.) To restore carbon to; as, to recarbonize iron in converting it into steel .

Recarnify <Xpage=1197>

Re*car"ni*fy (?) , v. t. To convert again into flesh. [Obs.]

Howell.

Recarriage <Xpage=1197>

Re*car"riage (?) , n. Act of carrying back.

Recarry <Xpage=1197>

Re*car"ry (?) , v. t. To carry back.

Walton.

Recast <Xpage=1197>

Re*cast" (?) , v. t. 1. To throw again.

Florio.

2. To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new from a shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an argument or a play.

3. To compute, or cast up, a second time.

Recche <Xpage=1197>

Rec"che (?) , v. i. To reck. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Reccheles <Xpage=1197>

Rec"che*les (?) , a. Reckless. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Recede <Xpage=1197>

Re*cede" (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Receded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Receding .] [L. recedere , recessum ; pref. re- re- + cedere to go, to go along: cf. F. rec\'82der . See Cede .] 1. To move back; to retreat; to withdraw.

Like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the instituted shore. Dryden.

All bodies moved circularly endeavor to recede from the center. Bentley.

2. To withdraw a claim or pretension; to desist; to relinquish what had been proposed or asserted; as, to recede from a demand or proposition .

Syn. -- To retire; retreat; return; retrograde; withdraw; desist.

Recede <Xpage=1197>

Re*cede" (?) , v. t. [Pref. re- + cede . Cf. Recede , v. t. ] To cede back; to grant or yield again to a former possessor; as, to recede conquered territory .

Receipt <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceipt" (?) , n. [OE. receite , OF. recete , recepte , F. recette , fr. L. recipere , receptum , to receive. See Receive .] 1. The act of receiving; reception. "At the receipt of your letter."

Shak.

2. Reception, as an act of hospitality. [Obs.]

Thy kind receipt of me. Chapman.

3. Capability of receiving; capacity. [Obs.]

It has become a place of great receipt . Evelyn.

4. Place of receiving. [Obs.]

He saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom. Matt. ix. 9.

5. Hence, a recess; a retired place. [Obs.] "In a retired receipt together lay."

Chapman.

6. A formulary according to the directions of which things are to be taken or combined; a recipe; as, a receipt for making sponge cake .

She had a receipt to make white hair black. Sir T. Browne.

7. A writing acknowledging the taking or receiving of goods delivered; an acknowledgment of money paid.

8. That which is received; that which comes in, in distinction from what is expended, paid out, sent away, and the like; -- usually in the plural; as, the receipts amounted to a thousand dollars .

Cross receipts . See under Gross , a.

Receipt <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceipt" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Receipted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Receipting .] 1. To give a receipt for; as, to receipt goods delivered by a sheriff .

2. To put a receipt on, as by writing or stamping; as, to receipt a bill .

Receipt <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceipt" , v. i. To give a receipt, as for money paid.

Receiptment <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceipt"ment (?) , n. (O. Eng. Law) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony.

Burrill.

Receiptor <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceipt"or (?) , n. One who receipts; specifically (Law) , one who receipts for property which has been taken by the sheriff.

Receit <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceit" (?) , n. Receipt. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Receivability <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceiv`a*bil"i*ty (?) , n. The quality of being receivable; receivableness.

Receivable <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceiv"a*ble (?) , a. [Cf. F. recevable .] Capable of being received. -- Re*ceiv"a*ble*ness , n.

Bills receivable . See under 6th Bill .

Receive <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceive" (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Received (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Receiving .] [OF. receiver , recevoir , F. recevoir , fr. L. recipere ; pref. re- re- + capere to take, seize. See See Capable , Heave , and cf. Receipt , Reception , Recipe .]

1. 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.

2. Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace.

Our hearts receive your warnings. Shak.

The idea of solidity we receives by our touch. Locke.

3. To allow, as a custom, tradition, or the like; to give credence or acceptance to.

Many other things there be which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots. Mark vii. 4.

4. To give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, and the like; as, to receive a lodger, visitor, ambassador, messenger, etc .

They kindled a fire, and received us every one. Acts xxviii. 2.

5. To admit; to take in; to hold; to contain; to have capacity fro; to be able to take in.

The brazen altar that was before the Lord was too little to receive the burnt offerings. 1 Kings viii. 64.

6. To be affected by something; to suffer; to be subjected to; as, to receive pleasure or pain; to receive a wound or a blow; to receive damage.

Against his will he can receive no harm. Milton.

7. To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.

8. (Lawn Tennis) To bat back (the ball) when served.

Receiving ship , one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service.

Syn. -- To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. -- Receive , Accept . To receive describes simply the act of taking. To accept denotes the taking with approval, or for the purposes for which a thing is offered. Thus, we receive a letter when it comes to hand; we receive news when it reaches us; we accept a present when it is offered; we accept an invitation to dine with a friend.

Who, if we knew What we receive , would either not accept Life offered, or soon beg to lay it down. Milton.

Receive <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceive" (?) , v. i. 1. To receive visitors; to be at home to receive calls; as, she receives on Tuesdays .

2. (Lawn Tennis) To return, or bat back, the ball when served; as, it is your turn to receive .

Receivedness <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceiv"ed*ness , n. The state or quality of being received, accepted, or current; as, the receivedness of an opinion .

Boyle.

Receiver <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceiv"er (?) , n. [Cf. F. receveur .] 1. One who takes or receives in any manner.

2. (Law) A person appointed, ordinarily by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation, and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain cases.

Bouvier.

3. One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen.

Blackstone.

4. (Chem.) (a) A vessel connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and condensing the product of distillation. (b) A vessel for receiving and containing gases.

5. (Pneumatics) The glass vessel in which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put, in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar , and see Illust . of Air pump .

6. (Steam Engine) (a) A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound engine. (b) A capacious vessel for receiving steam from a distant boiler, and supplying it dry to an engine.

7. That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; -- opposed to transmitter .

Exhausted receiver (Physics) , a receiver, as that used with the air pump, from which the air has been withdrawn; a vessel the interior of which is a more or less complete vacuum.

Receivership <Xpage=1197>

Re*ceiv"er*ship , n. The state or office of a receiver.

Recelebrate <Xpage=1197>

Re*cel"e*brate (?) , v. t. To celebrate again, or anew. -- Re*cel`e*bra"tion (#) , n.

Recency <Xpage=1197>

Re"cen*cy (?) , n. [LL. recentia , fr. L. recens . See Recent .] The state or quality of being recent; newness; new state; late origin; lateness in time; freshness; as, the recency of a transaction, of a wound, etc .

Recense <Xpage=1197>

Re*cense" (?) , v. t. [L. recensere ; pref. re- again + censere to value, estimate: cf. F. recenser .] To review; to revise. [R.]

Bentley.

Recension <Xpage=1197>

Re*cen"sion (?) , n. [L. recensio : cf. F. recension .]

1. The act of reviewing or revising; review; examination; enumeration.

Barrow.

2. Specifically, the review of a text (as of an ancient author) by an editor; critical revisal and establishment.

3. The result of such a work; a text established by critical revision; an edited version.

Recensionist <Xpage=1197>

Re*cen"sion*ist , n. One who makes recensions; specifically, a critical editor.

Recent <Xpage=1197>

Re"cent (?) , a. [L. recens , -entis : cf. F. r\'82cent .] 1. Of late origin, existence, or occurrence; lately come; not of remote date, antiquated style, or the like; not already known, familiar, worn out, trite, etc.; fresh; novel; new; modern; as, recent news .

The ancients were of opinion, that a considerable portion of that country [Egypt] was recent , and formed out of the mud discharged into the neighboring sea by the Nile. Woodward.

2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the present or existing epoch; as, recent shells .

Recenter <Xpage=1197>

Re*cen"ter (?) , v. t. [Pref. re- + center .] To center again; to restore to the center.

Coleridge.

Recently <Xpage=1197>

Re"cent*ly (?) , adv. Newly; lately; freshly; not long since; as, advices recently received .

Recentness <Xpage=1197>

Re"cent*ness , n. Quality or state of being recent.

Receptacle <Xpage=1197>

Re*cep"ta*cle (?) , n. [F. r\'82ceptacle , L. receptaculum , fr. receptare , v. intens. fr. recipere to receive. See Receive .] 1. 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.

2. (Bot.) (a) The apex of the flower stalk, from which the organs of the flower grow, or into which they are inserted. See Illust . of Flower , and Ovary . (b) The dilated apex of a pedicel which serves as a common support to a head of flowers. (c) An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters. (d) A special branch which bears the fructification in many cryptogamous plants.

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Receptacular <Xpage=1198>

Rec`ep*tac"u*lar (?) , a. [Cf. F. r\'82ceptaculaire .] (Bot.) Pertaining to the receptacle, or growing on it; as, the receptacular chaff or scales in the sunflower .

Receptaculum <Xpage=1198>