Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 21
Recommending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recommend.
Recommend (v. t.) 推薦，介紹 [（+as/ for）] [O1]；建議，勸告 [O2] [+v-ing] [+that]；使成為可取，使受歡迎[（+to）] To commend to the favorable notice of another; to commit to another's care, confidence, or acceptance, with favoring representations; to put in a favorable light before any one; to bestow commendation on; as, he recommended resting the mind and exercising the body.
Maecenas recommended Virgil and Horace to Augustus, whose praises . . . have made him precious to posterity. -- Dryden.
Recommend (v. t.) To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
A decent boldness ever meets with friends, Succeeds, and e'en a stranger recommends. -- Pope.
Recommend (v. t.) To commit; to give in charge; to commend.
Paul chose Silas and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. -- Acts xv. 40.
Recommend (v.) (v. i.) 推薦；提出建議 Push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day" [syn: recommend, urge, advocate].
Recommend (v.) Express a good opinion of [syn: commend, recommend].
Recommend (v.) Make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person".
Recommendable (a.) 可推薦的，值得推薦的；可取的，適當的 Suitable to be recommended; worthy of praise; commendable. -- Glanvill. -- Rec`om*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Rec`om*mend"a*bly, adv.
Recommendation (n.) 推薦 [U]；推薦信，介紹信 [C]；勸告，建議 [C] The act of recommending.
Recommendation (n.) That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations.
Recommendation (n.) The state of being recommended; esteem. [R.]
The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in an extraordinary recommendation amongst the ancient. -- Sir T. North.
Recommendation (n.) Something (as a course of action) that is recommended as advisable.
Recommendation (n.) Something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable [syn: recommendation, testimonial, good word]
Recommendation (n.) Any quality or characteristic that gains a person a favorable reception or acceptance or admission; "her pleasant personality is already a recommendation"; "his wealth was not a passport into the exclusive circles of society" [syn: recommendation, passport].
Recommendation, () The giving to a person a favorable character of another.
Recommendation, () When the party giving the character has acted in good faith, he is not responsible for the injury which a third person, to whom such recommendation was given, may have, sustained in consequence of it, although he was mistaken.
Recommendation, () But when the recommendation is knowingly untrue, and an injury is sustained, the party recommending is civilly responsible for damages; 3 T. R. 51; 7 Cranch, 69; 14 Wend. 126; 7 Wend. 1; 6 Penn. St. R. 310 whether it was done merely for the purpose of benefitting the party recommended, or the party who gives the recommendation.
Recommendation, () And in case the party recommended was a debtor to the one recommending, and it was agreed prior to the transaction, that the former should, out of the property to be obtained by the recommendation, be paid; or in case of any other species of collusion, to cheat the person to whom the credit is given, they may both be criminally prosecuted for the conspiracy. Vide Character, and Fell on Guar. ch. 8; 6 Johns. R. 181; 1 Davis Ca. Er. 22; 13 Johns. R. 224; 5 N. S. 443.
Recommendative (n.) 推薦 That which recommends; a recommendation. [Obs.]
Recommendatory (a.) 推薦的；勸告的 Serving to recommend; recommending; commendatory. -- Swift.
Recommender (n.) 推薦人 One who recommends.
Recommission (v. t.) 重新委任；把（已退伍的人員、軍艦等）再編入服役 To commission again; to give a new commission to.
Officers whose time of service had expired were to be recommissioned. -- Marshall.
Recommit (v. t.) 重犯；再犯；將……再交委員會審議；將……重新委託 To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee. Recommitment.
Recommit (v.) Commit once again, as of a crime.
Recommit (v.) Commit again; "It was recommitted into her custody".
Recommit (v.) Send back to a committee; "The bill was recommitted three times in the House".
Recommitment (n.) 再委託；再交付委員會審議；再下獄；再犯 Alt. of Recommittal.
Recommittal (n.) A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.
Recompact (v. t.) To compact or join anew. "Recompact my scattered body." -- Donne.
Recompact (v. t.) To pack or join (something) closely together again.
Recompensation (n.) Recompense. [Obs.]
Recompensation (n.) (Scots Law) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.
Recompensation, () Scotch law. When a party sues for a debt, and the defendant pleads compensation, or set-off, the plaintiff may allege a compensation on his part, and this is called a recompensation. Bell's Dict. h.t.
Recompensed (imp. & p. p.) of Recompense.
Recompensing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recompense.
Recompense (v. t.) 酬報，酬謝；回報，懲罰；賠償，補償 To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to requite; to remunerate; to compensate.
He can not recompense me better. -- Shak.
Recompense (v. t.) To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for; to pay for.
God recompenseth the gift. -- Robynson (More's Utopia).
To recompense My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed. -- Milton.
Recompense (v. t.) 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.
Syn: To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate.
Recompense (v. i.) To give recompense; to make amends or requital. [Obs.]
Recompense (n.) [U] 報酬，酬金；報答，答謝；賠償，補償 An equivalent returned for anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable return.
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense. -- Deut. xxii. 35.
And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward. -- Heb. ii. 2.
Syn: Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends; satisfaction; reward; requital.
Recompense (n.) Payment or reward (as for service rendered).
Recompense (n.) The act of compensating for service or loss or injury [syn: {recompense}, {compensation}].
Recompense (v.) Make amends for; pay compensation for; "One can never fully repair the suffering and losses of the Jews in the Third Reich"; "She was compensated for the loss of her arm in the accident" [syn: {compensate}, {recompense}, {repair}, {indemnify}].
Recompense (v.) Make payment to; compensate; "My efforts were not remunerated" [syn: {compensate}, {recompense}, {remunerate}].
Recompense, () A reward for services; remuneration for goods or other property.
Recompense, () In maritime law there is a distinction between recompense and restitution. (q.v.) When goods have been lost by jettison, if at any subsequent period of the voyage the remainder of the cargo be lost, the owner of the goods lost by jettison cannot claim restitution from the owners of the other goods; but in the case of expenses incurred with a view to the general benefit, it is clear that they ought to be made good to the party, whether he be an agent employed by the master in a foreign port or the ship owner himself.
Recompensement (n.) Recompense; requital. [Obs.] -- Fabyan.
Recompenser (n.) One who recompenses.
A thankful recompenser of the benefits received. -- Foxe.
Recompensive (a.) Of the nature of recompense; serving to recompense. -- Sir T. Browne.
Recompilation (n.) 重新編譯；再編譯 A new compilation.
Recompile (v. t.) To compile anew.
Recompilement (n.) The act of recompiling; new compilation or digest; as, a recompilement of the laws. -- Bacon.
Recomposed (imp. & p. p.) of Recompose.
Recomposing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recompose.
Recompose (v. t.) 修改；改編；使鎮定；【印】重排 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.
Recompose (v. t.) To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to recompose the mind. -- Jer. Taylor.
Recomposer (n.) One who recomposes.
Recomposer (n.) A person who or thing which recomposes something.
Recomposition (n.) 改組；【印】重排 The act of recomposing.
Reconcilable (a.) 可和解的；不矛盾的；可調停的 Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts.
The different accounts of the numbers of ships are reconcilable. -- A rbuthnot. -- Rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv.
Reconcilable (a.) Capable of being reconciled; "her way of thinking is reconcilable with mine" [ant: irreconcilable, unreconcilable].
Reconciled (imp. & p. p.) of Reconcile.
Reconciling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Reconcile.
Reconcile (v. t.) 使和解，使和好 [（+with）]；調停，調解；調和；使一致 [（+with）]；使安於，使甘心於 [H] [（+to）] 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 sanctity] by the bishop. -- Chaucer.
We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. -- 2 Cor. v. 20.
Reconcile (v. t.) To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions.
Reconcile (v. t.) To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to.
The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state. -- Locke.
Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear, Considered singly, or beheld too near; Which, but proportioned to their light or place, Due distance reconciles to form and grace. -- Pope.
Reconcile (v. t.) To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences.
Syn: To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease.
Reconcile (v. i.) To become reconciled. [Obs.]
Reconcile (v.) Make (one thing) compatible with (another); "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories" [syn: {accommodate}, {reconcile}, {conciliate}].
Reconcile (v.) Bring into consonance or accord; "harmonize one's goals with one's abilities" [syn: {harmonize}, {harmonise}, {reconcile}].
Reconcile (v.) Come to terms; "After some discussion we finally made up" [syn: {reconcile}, {patch up}, {make up}, {conciliate}, {settle}].
Reconcile (v.) Accept as inevitable; "He resigned himself to his fate" [syn: {resign}, {reconcile}, {submit}].
Reconcilement (n.) 和解，和好 [U] [C] [S1] [（+between/ of/ with）]；調解，調停 [U] [S1]；和諧，一致 [U] [S1] [（+between/ of/ with）]；甘願，順從 [U] Reconciliation. -- Milton.
Reconciler (n.) 調解人 One who reconciles.
Reconciler (n.) Someone who tries to bring peace [syn: {conciliator}, {make-peace}, {pacifier}, {peacemaker}, {reconciler}].
Reconciliation (n.) 和解，和好 [U] [C] [S1] [（+between/ of/ with）]；調解，調停 [U] [S1]；和諧，一致 [U] [S1] [（+between/ of/ with）]；甘願，順從 [U] The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship.
Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. -- S. Miller.
Reconciliation (n.) Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony.
A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. -- D. Rogers.
Syn: Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation.
Reconciliation (n.) The reestablishing of cordial relations [syn: {reconciliation}, {rapprochement}].
Reconciliation (n.) Getting two things to correspond; "the reconciliation of his checkbook and the bank statement" [syn: {reconciliation}, {balancing}].
Reconciliation, () contracts. The act of bringing persons to agree together, who before, had had some difference.
Reconciliation, () A renewal of cohabitation between husband and wife is proof of reconciliation, and such reconciliation destroys the effect of a deed of separation. 4 Eccl. R. 238.
Reconciliation (n.) A suspension of hostilities. An armed truce for the purpose of digging up the dead.
Reconciliatory (a.) 和解的，調停的；調和的，一致的 Serving or tending to reconcile. -- Bp. Hall.
Recondensation (n.) 再冷凝，再凝聚 The act or process of recondensing.
Recondense (v. t.) 使再濃縮To condense again.
Recondite (a.) 深奧的；（學問等）不易懂的；默默無聞的；隱藏的 Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things.
Recondite (a.) Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies. "Recondite learning." -- Bp. Horsley.
Recondite (a.) Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge; "the professor's lectures were so abstruse that students tended to avoid them"; "a deep metaphysical theory"; "some recondite problem in historiography" [syn: abstruse, deep, recondite].
Recondition (v.) 修理；重建；修復；改革 Bring into an improved condition; "He reconditioned the old appliances".
Recondition (v. t.) 修理；重建 Condition again.
‘It was necessary to recondition the human mind to accept change’
Recondition (v. t.) (British) Overhaul or repair (a vehicle engine or piece of equipment).
‘A ship was being reconditioned.’
Compare: Overhaul
Overhaul (v.) [ T ] 徹底檢修，大修；改造；改進 To repair or improve something so that every part of it works as it should.
// I got the engine overhauled.
// The government has recently overhauled the healthcare system.
Reconditory (n.) A repository; a storehouse. [Obs.] -- Ash.
Reconduct (v. t.) 重行指引；再次指引 To conduct back or again. "A guide to reconduct thy steps." -- Dryden.
Reconfirm (v. t.) 再證實；再確認；再確定 To confirm anew. -- Clarendon.
Reconfirm (v.) Confirm again; "You must reconfirm your flight reservations".
Reconfort (v. t.) 安慰；鼓勵；支持 To recomfort; to comfort. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Reconjoin (v. t.) To join or conjoin anew. -- Boyle. Reconnaissance
Reconjoin (v.) To join together again.
Reconnoissance (n.) Alt. of Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance (n.) 偵察；勘察；事先考查 The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. Specifically:
Reconnaissance (n.) (Geol.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character.
Reconnaissance (n.) (Engin.) An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work.
Reconnaissance (n.) (Mil.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition.
Reconnoissance in force (Mil.), A demonstration or attack by a large force of troops for the purpose of discovering the position and strength of an enemy. Reconnoiter
Reconnaissance (n.) The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy); "an exchange of fire occurred on a reconnaissance mission" [syn: {reconnaissance}, {reconnaissance mission}].
Reconnoiter (v. t.) Alt. of Reconnoitre.
Reconnoitre (v. t.) 【軍】偵察；勘察；踏勘 To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.
Reconnoitre (v. t.) To recognize. [Obs.] -- Sir H. Walpole.
Reconnoitre (v.) Explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody [syn: scout, reconnoiter, reconnoitre].
Reconquer (v. t.) 再征服；再攻佔 To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province.
Reconquer (v.) Conquer anew; "The country reconquered the territory lost in the previous war".
Reconquest (n.) 再征服 A second conquest.
Reconsecrate (v. t.) To consecrate anew or again.
Reconsecrate (v.) Consecrate anew, as after a desecration.
Compare: Consecrate
Consecrate (v. t.) 使聖化；使就聖職；把……放著作祭祀用 [（+to）]； 奉……為神聖，尊崇 (usu be consecrated) Make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose.
‘The present Holy Trinity church was consecrated in 1845.’
Consecrate (v. t.) (In Christian belief) Make (bread or wine) into the body or blood of Christ.
‘After the priest had consecrated the bread and wine, it was immortal and divine.’
Consecrate (v. t.) Ordain (someone) to a sacred office, typically that of bishop.
[With object and complemen] ‘In 1969 he was consecrated bishop of Northern Uganda.’
Consecrate (v. t.) [Informal ] Devote (something) exclusively to a particular purpose.
Consecrate (a.) 【古】奉為神聖的Consecrated; sacred.
Compare: Desecration
Desecration (n.) 褻瀆神聖；汙辱 The action of desecrating something.
‘The desecration of a grave.’
Reconsecration (n.) Renewed consecration.
Reconsider (v. t.) 重新考慮；重新討論 To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.
Reconsider (v. t.) (Parliamentary Practice) To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon.
Reconsider (v.) Consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing; "Won't you reconsider your decision?"
Reconsider (v.) Consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it.
Reconsideration (n.) 再考慮；再審查；再議 The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.
Reconsideration (n.) A consideration of a topic (as in a meeting) with a view to changing an earlier decision.
Reconsideration (n.) Thinking again about a choice previously made; "he had second thoughts about his purchase" [syn: reconsideration, second thought, afterthought, rethink].
Reconsolate (v. t.) To console or comfort again. [Obs.] -- Sir H. Wotton.
Reconsolidate (v. t.) To consolidate anew or again.
Reconsolidation (n.) The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.
Reconstruct (v. t.) 重建，再建；改組；（按原樣）修復 To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.
Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. -- Macaulay.
Reconstruct (v.) Reassemble mentally; "reconstruct the events of 20 years ago" [syn: reconstruct, construct, retrace].
Reconstruct (v.) Build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" [syn: rebuild, reconstruct].
Reconstruct (v.) Cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically.
Reconstruct (v.) Return to its original or usable and functioning condition; "restore the forest to its original pristine condition" [syn: restore, reconstruct].
Reconstruct (v.) Do over, as of (part of) a house; "We are remodeling these rooms" [syn: remodel, reconstruct, redo].
Reconstruction (n.) 重建，再建；再現，復原 [U]；重建物；復原物 [C] The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.
Reconstruction (n.) (U.S. Politics) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of reestablishing their constitutional relations to the national government, after the close of the Civil War.
Reconstruction (n.) The period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877 [syn: {Reconstruction}, {Reconstruction Period}].
Reconstruction (n.) The activity of constructing something again.
Reconstruction (n.) An interpretation formed by piecing together bits of evidence.
Reconstruction (n.) Recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall [syn: {reconstruction}, {reconstructive memory}].
Reconstructive (a.) Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.
Reconstructive (a.) Helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises" [syn: reconstructive, rehabilitative].
Recontinuance (n.) The act or state of recontinuing.
Recontinue (v. t. & i.) To continue anew.
Reconvene (v. t. & i.) To convene or assemble again; to call or come together again.
Reconvene (v.) Meet again; "The bill will be considered when the Legislature reconvenes next Fall".
Reconvention (n.) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.
Reconversion (n.) A second conversion.
Reconvert (v. t.) 使再轉變；使復原 (v. i.) 再轉變；復原 To convert again. -- Milton.
Reconvert (n.) A person who has been reconverted. -- Gladstone.
Reconvert (v.) convert back; "Hollywood is reconverting old films".
Reconvertible (a.) (Chem.) Capable of being reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.
Reconvey (v. t.) To convey back or to the former place; as, to reconvey goods.
Reconvey (v. t.) To transfer back to a former owner; as, to reconvey an estate.
Reconveyance (n.) Act of reconveying.
Recopy (v. t.) To copy again.
Recorded (imp. & p. p.) of Record.
Recording (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Record.
Record (v. t.) To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate. [Obs.] "I it you record." -- Chaucer.
Record (v. t.) To repeat; to recite; to sing or play. [Obs.]
They longed to see the day, to hear the lark Record her hymns, and chant her carols blest. -- Fairfax.
Record (v. t.) To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events.
Those things that are recorded of him . . . are written in the chronicles of the kings. -- 1 Esd. i. 42.
To record a deed, mortgage, lease, etc., To have a copy of the same entered in the records of the office designated by law, for the information of the public.
Record (v. i.) To reflect; to ponder. [Obs.]
Praying all the way, and recording upon the words which he before had read. -- Fuller.
Record (v. i.) To sing or repeat a tune. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Whether the birds or she recorded best. -- W. Browne.