Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 19
Recharter (n.) A second charter; a renewal of a charter.
Recharter (v. t.) To charter again or anew; to grant a second or another charter to.
Rechase (v. t.) To chase again; to chase or drive back.
Recheat (n.) A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.
Recheat (v. i.) To blow the recheat.
Recherche (a.) Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.
Rechless (a.) Reckless.
Rechoose (v. t.) To choose again.
Recidivate (v. i.) To backslide; to fall again.
Recidivation (n.) A falling back; a backsliding.
Recidivism (n.) A tendency to lapse into a previous condition or pattern of behavior; especially, a falling back or relapse into prior criminal habits. Recidivism derives from Latin recidivus, "falling back," from recidere, "to fall back," from re-, "back" + cadere, "to fall." One who relapses or who is an incorrigible criminal is a recidivist.
Recidivist (n.) [ C ] (Specialized) 累犯；惯犯 A criminal who continues to commit crimes even after they have been punished.
Recidivous (a.) Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.
Recipes (n. pl. ) of Recipe.
Recipe (n.) 【醫】處方（符號R）；烹飪法；食譜；（糕餅等的）製作法 [（+for）] A formulary or prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.
Recipe (n.) A set of directions for preparing food from its ingredients.
Recipe (n.) A method or procedure for accomplishing a goal by defined steps; -- implying a high probability of achieving the goal; as, a recipe for success. Also used in a negative sense, as, a recipe for disaster.
Recipe (n.) Directions for making something [syn: recipe, formula].
Recipiangle (n.) An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying off angles of fortifications.
Recipience (n.) Alt. of Recipiency.
Recipiency (n.) The quality or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
Recipient (n.) <Communications> One who receives; receiver. E.g. "No recipient of the e-mail message will know about the other addressees who were listed in the BCC header." (2000-03-22)
Recipient (n.) [C] 接受者；受領者；接受器，容器 [（+of）]；間接受詞 A receiver; the person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.
Recipient (a.) 接受的；受領的；容納的；願意接受的；能接受的 Receiving; receptive.
Recipient (n.) A person who receives something [syn: {recipient}, {receiver}].
Recipient (n.) The semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause [syn: {recipient role}, {recipient}].
Reciprocal (a.) [Z] 相互的，交互的；互惠的，對等的；相互補償的 Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
Reciprocal (a.) Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love; reciprocal duties.
Let our reciprocal vows be remembered. -- Shak.
Reciprocal (a.) Mutually interchangeable.
These two rules will render a definition reciprocal with the thing defined. -- I. Watts.
Reciprocal (a.) (Gram.) Reflexive; -- applied to pronouns and verbs, but sometimes limited to such pronouns as express mutual action.
Reciprocal (a.) (Math.) Used to denote different kinds of mutual relation; often with reference to the substitution of reciprocals for given quantities. See the Phrases below.
{Reciprocal equation} (Math.), One which remains unchanged in form when the reciprocal of the unknown quantity is substituted for that quantity.
{Reciprocal figures} (Geom.), Two figures of the same kind (as triangles, parallelograms, prisms, etc.), so related that two sides of the one form the extremes of a proportion of which the means are the two corresponding sides of the other; in general, two figures so related that the first corresponds in some special way to the second, and the second corresponds in the same way to the first.
{Reciprocal proportion} (Math.), A proportion such that, of four terms taken in order, the first has to the second the same ratio which the fourth has to the third, or the first has to the second the same ratio which the reciprocal of the third has to the reciprocal of the fourth. Thus, 2:5: :20:8 form a reciprocal proportion, because 2:5: :1/20:1/8.
{Reciprocal quantities} (Math.), Any two quantities which produce unity when multiplied together.
{Reciprocal ratio} (Math.), The ratio between the reciprocals of two quantities; as, the reciprocal ratio of 4 to 9 is that of 1/4 to [frac19].
{Reciprocal terms} (Logic), Those terms which have the same signification, and, consequently, are convertible, and may be used for each other.
Syn: Mutual; alternate.
Usage: {Reciprocal}, {Mutual}. The distinctive idea of mutual is, that the parties unite by interchange in the same act; as, a mutual covenant; mutual affection, etc. The distinctive idea of reciprocal is, that one party acts by way of return or response to something previously done by the other party; as, a reciprocal kindness; reciprocal reproaches, etc. Love is reciprocal when the previous affection of one party has drawn forth the attachment of the other. To make it mutual in the strictest sense, the two parties should have fallen in love at the same time; but as the result is the same, the two words are here used interchangeably. The ebbing and flowing of the tide is a case where the action is reciprocal, but not mutual.
Reciprocal (n.) [C] 互相作用的事物；對應（或對等）的事物；【數】倒數 That which is reciprocal to another thing.
Corruption is a reciprocal to generation. -- Bacon.
Reciprocal (n.) (Arith. & Alg.) The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus 1/4 is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a + b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.
Reciprocal (a.) [Z] 相互的，交互的；互惠的，對等的；相互補償的 Concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return; "reciprocal aid"; "reciprocal trade"; "mutual respect"; "reciprocal privileges at other clubs" [syn: {reciprocal}, {mutual}] [ant: {nonreciprocal}].
Reciprocal (a.) Of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function; "the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a".
Reciprocal (n.) Something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else; "risk is the reciprocal of safety".
Reciprocal (n.) (Mathematics) One of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7 [syn: {multiplicative inverse}, {reciprocal}].
Reciprocal (n.) Hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype [syn: {reciprocal cross}, {reciprocal}].
Reciprocal (a.) Used to describe a relationship in which two people or groups agree to do something similar for each other, to allow each other to have the same rights, etc.
Reciprocal (n.) [C] 互相作用的事物；對應（或對等）的事物；【數】倒數 That which is reciprocal to another thing.
Reciprocal (n.) The quotient arising from dividing unity by any quantity; thus, / is the reciprocal of 4; 1/(a +b) is the reciprocal of a + b. The reciprocal of a fraction is the fraction inverted, or the denominator divided by the numerator.
Reciprocal (a.) (Formal) 相互的；互惠的；報答的 A reciprocal action or arrangement involves two people or groups of people who behave in the same way or agree to help each other and give each other advantages.
Reciprocality (n.) The quality or condition of being reciprocal; reciprocalness.
Reciprocally (adv.) In a reciprocal manner; so that each affects the other, and is equally affected by it; interchangeably; mutually.
Reciprocally (adv.) In the manner of reciprocals.
Reciprocalness (n.) The quality or condition of being reciprocal; mutual return; alternateness.
Reciprocated (imp. & p. p.) of Reciprocate.
Reciprocating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reciprocate.
Reciprocate (v. i.) To move forward and backward alternately; to recur in vicissitude; to act interchangeably; to alternate.
Reciprocate (v. t.) To give and return mutually; to make return for; to give in return; to interchange; to alternate; as, to reciprocate favors.
Reciprocate (v.) [ I or T ] (Formal) 回報，報答，酬答 To share the same feelings as someone else, or to behave in the same way as someone else.
// Sadly, my feelings for him were not reciprocated.
// We invited them to dinner and a week later they reciprocated.
Reciprocate (v.) (Specialized engineering) （機件）往返運動，沿直線往復移動 If a part of a machine reciprocates, it moves backwards and forwards.
// Some electric razors have reciprocating heads.
Reciprocation (n.) The act of reciprocating; interchange of acts; a mutual giving and returning; as, the reciprocation of kindnesses.
Reciprocation (n.) Alternate recurrence or action; as, the reciprocation of the sea in the flow and ebb of tides.
Reciprocity (n.) Mutual action and reaction.
Reciprocity (n.) Reciprocal advantages, obligations, or rights; reciprocation.
Reciprocity (n.) [ U ] (Formal) 互助；互惠；互換 Behaviour in which two people or groups of people give each other help and advantages.
Reciprocornous (a.) Having horns turning backward and then forward, like those of a ram.
Reciprocous (a.) Reciprocal.
Reciprok (a.) Reciprocal.
Reciproque (a. & n.) Reciprocal.
Recision (n.) The act of cutting off.
Recital (n.) The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.
Recital (n.) A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration. -- Addison.
Recital (n.) That which is recited; a story; a narration.
Recital (n.) (Mus.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.
Recital (n.) (Law) The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation. -- Burn.
Syn: Account; rehearsal; recitation; narration; description; explanation; enumeration; detail; narrative. See Account.
Recital (n.) The act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant" [syn: narration, recital, yarn].
Recital (n.) Performance of music or dance especially by soloists.
Recital (n.) A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: recitation, recital, reading].
Recital (n.) A detailed statement giving facts and figures; "his wife gave a recital of his infidelities".
Recital (n.) A detailed account or description of something; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings".
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RECITAL, () contracts, pleading. The repetition of some former writing, or the statement of something which has been done. Touchst. 76.
RECITAL, () Recitals are used to explain those matters of fact which are necessary to make the transaction intelligible. 2 Bl. Com. 298. It is said that when a deed of defeasance recites the deed which it is meant to defeat, it must recite it truly. Cruise, Dig. tit. 32, c 7, s. 28. In other cases it need not be so particular. 3 Penna. Rep. 324; 3 Chan. Cas. 101; Co. Litt. 352 b; Com. Dig. Fait, E 1.
RECITAL, () A party who executes a deed reciting a particular fact is estopped from denying such fact; as, when it was recited in the condition of a bond that the obligor had received divers sums of money for the obligee which he had not brought to account, and acknowledged that a balance was due to the obligee, it was holden that the obligor was estopped to say that he had not received any money for the use of the obligee. Willes, 9, 25; Rolle's Ab. 872, 3.
RECITAL, () In pleading, when public statutes are recited, a small variance will not be fatal, where by the recital the party is not "tied up to the statute;" that is, if the conclusion be contra formam statuti praediti. Sav. 42; 1 Chit. Crim. Law, 276 Esp. on Penal Stat. 106. Private statutes must be recited in pleading, and proved by an exemplified copy, unless the opposite party, by his pleading admit them.
RECITAL, () By the plea of nul tiel record, the party relying on a private statute is put to prove it as recited, and a variance will be fatal. See 4 Co. 76; March, Rep. 117, pl. 193; 3 Harr. & McHen. 388. Vide. generally, 12 Vin. Ab. 129; 13 Vin. Ab. 417; 18 Vin. Ab. 162; 8 Com. Dig. 584; Com. Dig. Testemoigne Evid. B 5; 4 Binn. R. 231; 1 Dall. R. 67; 3 Binn. R. 175; 3 Yeates, R. 287; 4 Yeates, R. 362, 577; 9 Cowen, R. 86; 4 Mason, R. 268; Yelv. R. 127 a, note 1; Cruise, Dig. tit. 32, c. 20, s. 23; 5 Johns. Ch. Rep. 23; 7 Halst. R. 22; 2 Bailey's R. 101; 6 Harr. & Johns. 336; 9 Cowen's R. 271; 1 Dana's R. 327; 15 Pick. R. 68; 5 N. H. Rep. 467; 12 Pick. R, 157; Toullier in his Droit Civil Francais, liv. 3, t. 3, c. 6, n. 157 et seq. has examined this subject with his usual ability. 2 Hill. Ab. c. 29, s. 30; 2 Bail. R. 430; 2 B. & A. 625; 2 Y. & J. 407; 5 Harr. & John. 164; Cov. on Conv. Ev. 298, 315; Hurl. on Bonds, 33; 6 Watts & Serg. 469.
RECITAL, () Formerly, in equity, the decree contained recitals of the pleadings in the cause, which became a great grievance. Some of the English chancellors endeavored to restrain this prolixity. By the rules of practice for the courts in equity of the United States it is provided, that in drawing up decrees and orders, neither the bill, nor the answer, nor other pleading nor any part thereof, nor the report of any master, nor any other prior proceedings, shall be stated or recited in the decree or order. Rule 86; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4443.
Recitation (n.) 詳述，吟誦，背誦詩 The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. -- Hammond.
Recitation (n.) The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
Recitation (n.) (Colleges and Schools) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.
Recitation (n.) Written matter that is recited from memory.
Recitation (n.) A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: {recitation}, {recital}, {reading}].
Recitation (n.) A regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study [syn: {course session}, {class period}, {recitation}].
Recitation (n.) Systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect" [syn: {exercise}, {practice}, {drill}, {practice session}, {recitation}].
Recitative (n.) A species of musical recitation in which the words are delivered in a manner resembling that of ordinary declamation; also, a piece of music intended for such recitation; -- opposed to melisma.
Recitative (a.) 吟誦的，背誦的，敘述的 Of or pertaining to recitation; intended for musical recitation or declamation; in the style or manner of recitative. -- Rec`i*ta*tive"ly, adv.
Recitative (n.) 【音】吟誦調；敘唱部 A vocal passage of narrative text that a singer delivers with natural rhythms of speech.
Recitativo (n.) Recitative.
Recited (imp. & p. p.) of Recite.
Reciting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recite.
Recite (v. t.) 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.
Recite (v. t.) To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
Recite (v. t.) To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
Recite (v. t.) (Law) To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.
Syn: To rehearse; narrate; relate; recount; describe; recapitulate; detail; number; count.
Recite (v. i.) To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
Recite (n.) A recital. [Obs.] -- Sir W. Temple.
Recite (v.) Recite in elocution [syn: declaim, recite].
Recite (v.) Repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day".
Recite (v.) Render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" [syn: recite, retell].
Recite (v.) Narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: tell, narrate, recount, recite].
Recite (v.) Specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" [syn: enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise].
Reciter (n.) One who recites; also, a book of extracts for recitation.
Reciter (n.) Someone who recites from memory.
Recked (imp. & p. p.) of Reck.
Roughte () of Reck.
Recking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reck.
Reck (v. t.) To make account of; to care for; to heed; to regard. [Archaic]
This son of mine not recking danger. -- Sir P. Sidney.
And may you better reck the rede Than ever did the adviser. -- Burns.
Reck (v. t.) To concern; -- used impersonally. [Poetic]
What recks it them? -- Milton.
Reck (v. i.) To make account; to take heed; to care; to mind; -- often followed by of. [Archaic]
Then reck I not, when I have lost my life. -- Chaucer.
I reck not though I end my life to-day. -- Shak.
Of me she recks not, nor my vain desire. -- M. Arnold.
Reckless (a.) 不注意的，不在乎的；魯莽的，不顧後果的 [（+of）] Inattentive to duty; careless; neglectful; indifferent. -- Chaucer.
Reckless (a.) Rashly negligent; utterly careless or heedless.
It made the king as reckless as them diligent. -- Sir P. Sidney.
Syn: Heedless; careless; mindless; thoughtless; negligent; indifferent; regardless; unconcerned; inattentive; remiss; rash. -- Reck"less*ly, adv. -- Reck"less*ness, n.
Reckless (a.) Marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest" [syn: foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless].
Reckless (a.) Characterized by careless unconcern; "the heedless generosity and the spasmodic extravagance of persons used to large fortunes"- Edith Wharton; "reckless squandering of public funds" [syn: heedless, reckless].
Recklessly (adv.) 不在乎地；魯莽地；不顧一切地 In a reckless manner.
Reckling (a.) Needing care; weak; feeble; as, a reckling child.
Reckling (n.) A weak child or animal.
Reckoned (imp. & p. p.) of Reckon.
Reckoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reckon.
Reckon (v. t.) 計算，數；測算，測量；認為，[W] [（+as/ among/ with）] [O2] [O8] [O9] 認為，把……看作 To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
Reckon (v. t.) To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
Reckon (v. t.) To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
Reckon (v. t.) To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause; as, I reckon he won't try that again.
Reckon (v. i.) 計算，數；估計；判斷；【口】覺得，猜想 To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
Reckon (v. i.) To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
Reckoner (n.) One who reckons or computes; also, a book of calculations, tables, etc., to assist in reckoning.
Reckoning (n.) [U] [C] 計算；測算，估計，推測；[C] 帳單；[U] 結帳；[C] [S1]【喻】算帳，懲罰；[U]（船舶等的）航跡推算（定位）； reckon的動詞現在分詞、動名詞 The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation.
Reckoning (n.) An account of time.
Reckoning (n.) Adjustment of claims and accounts; settlement of obligations, liabilities, etc.
Reckoning (n.) The charge or account made by a host at an inn.
Reckoning (n.) Esteem; account; estimation.
Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation.
Reckoning (n.) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
Reckoning (n.) Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: {calculation}, {computation}, {figuring}, {reckoning}].
Reckoning (n.) A bill for an amount due [syn: {reckoning}, {tally}].
Reckoning (n.) The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order; "the counting continued for several hours" [syn: {count}, {counting}, {numeration}, {enumeration}, {reckoning}, {tally}].
Compare: Day of reckoning
Day of reckoning (n.) [ S ] 報應之時；（罪行）算帳之日 A time when the effect of a past mistake is experienced or when a crime is punished.
Reclaim (v. t.) To claim back; to demand the return of as a right; to attempt to recover possession of.
Reclaimed (imp. & p. p.) of Reclaim.
Reclaiming (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reclaim.
Reclaim (v. t.) [（+from）] 使改過，使悔改，教化；[（+from）] 開墾，開拓；[（+from）] 回收利用；【舊】馴服，降服 To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
Reclaim (v. t.) To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
Reclaim (v. t.) To reduce from a wild to a tamed state; to bring under discipline; -- said especially of birds trained for the chase, but also of other animals.
Reclaim (v. t.) Hence: To reduce to a desired state by discipline, labor, cultivation, or the like; to rescue from being wild, desert, waste, submerged, or the like; as, to reclaim wild land, overflowed land, etc.
Reclaim (v. t.) To call back to rectitude from moral wandering or transgression; to draw back to correct deportment or course of life; to reform.
Reclaim (v. t.) To correct; to reform; -- said of things.
Reclaim (v. t.) To exclaim against; to gainsay. [Obs.]
Reclaim (v. i.) 改造，感化 To cry out in opposition or contradiction; to exclaim against anything; to contradict; to take exceptions.
Reclaim (v. i.) To bring anyone back from evil courses; to reform.