Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 22
Record (n.) A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or events, is recorded; a register; as, a record of the acts of the Hebrew kings; a record of the variations of temperature during a certain time; a family record. Especially:
Record (n.) An official contemporaneous writing by which the acts of some public body, or public officer, are recorded; as, a record of city ordinances; the records of the receiver of taxes.
Record (n.) An authentic official copy of a document which has been entered in a book, or deposited in the keeping of some officer designated by law.
Record (n.) An official contemporaneous memorandum stating the proceedings of a court of justice; a judicial record.
Record (n.) The various legal papers used in a case, together with memoranda of the proceedings of the court; as, it is not permissible to allege facts not in the record.
Record (n.) Testimony; witness; attestation.
John bare record, saying. -- John i. 32.
Record (n.) That which serves to perpetuate a knowledge of acts or events; a monument; a memorial.
Record (n.) That which has been, or might be, recorded; the known facts in the course, progress, or duration of anything, as in the life of a public man; as, a politician with a good or a bad record.
Record (n.) That which has been publicly achieved in any kind of competitive sport as recorded in some authoritative manner, as the time made by a winning horse in a race.
Court of record, A court whose acts and judicial proceedings are written on parchment or in books for a perpetual memorial.
Debt of record, A debt which appears to be due by the evidence of a court of record, as upon a judgment or a cognizance.
Trial by record, A trial which is had when a matter of record is pleaded, and the opposite party pleads that there is no such record. In this case the trial is by inspection of the record itself, no other evidence being admissible. -- Blackstone.
To beat the record, or To break the record (Sporting), To surpass any performance of like kind as authoritatively recorded; as, to break the record in a walking match.
Record (n.) Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques".
Record (n.) Sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter].
Record (n.) The number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league".
Record (n.) The sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president" [syn: record, track record].
Record (n.) A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books" [syn: record, record book, book].
Record (n.) An extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record".
Record (n.) A document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase".
Record (n.) A list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long" [syn: criminal record, record].
Record (v.) Make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: record, enter, put down].
Record (v.) Register electronically; "They recorded her singing" [syn: record, tape] [ant: delete, erase].
Record (v.) Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record].
Record (v.) Be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" [syn: record, register].
Record (v.) Be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record].
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An ordered set of fields, usually stored contiguously. The term is used with similar meaning in several different contexts. In a file, a "record" probably has some fixed length, in contrast to a "line" which may have any length and is terminated by some End Of Line sequence). A database record is also called a "row". In a spreadsheet it is always called a "row". Some programming languages use the term to mean a type composed of fields of several other types ({C calls this a "{struct}").
In all these cases, a record represents an entity with certain field values.
Fields may be of a fixed width ({bits or characters) or they may be separated by a delimiter character, often comma+({CSV">comma ({CSV) or HT ({TSV}).
In a database the list of values of a given field from all records is called a column. (2002-03-22)
Record, () evidence. A written memorial made by a public officer authorized by law to perform that function, and intended to serve as evidence of something written, said, or done. 6 Call, 78; 1 Dana, 595.
Record, () Records may be divided into those which relate to the proceedings of congress and the state legislatures -- the courts of common law -- the courts of chancery -- and those which are made so by statutory provisions.
Record, () Legislative acts. The acts of congress and of the several legislatures are the highest kind of records. The printed journals of congress have been so considered. 1 Whart. Dig. tit. Evidence, pl. 112 and see Dougl. 593; Cowp. 17.
Record, () The proceedings of the courts of common law are records. But every minute made by a clerk of a court for his own future guidance in making up his record, is not a record. 4 Wash. C. C. Rep. 698.
Record, () Proceedings in courts of chancery are said not to be, strictly speaking, records; but they are so considered. Gresley on Ev. 101.
Record, () The legislatures of the several states have made the enrollment of certain deeds and other documents necessary in order to perpetuate the memory of the facts they contain, and declared that the copies thus made should have the effect of records.
Record, () By the constitution of the United States, art. 4. s. 1, it is declared that "full faith and credit shall be given, in each state, to the public acts, records and judicial proceedings of every other state; and the congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which such acts, records and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof." In pursuance of this power, congress have passed several acts directing the manner of authenticating public records, which will be found under the article Authentication.
Record, () Numerous decisions have been made under these acts, some of which are here referred to. 7 Cranch, 471; 3 Wheat. 234; 4 Cowen, 292; 1 N. H. Rep. 242; 1 Ohio Reports, 264; 2 Verm. R. 263; 5 John. R. 37; 4 Conn. R. 380; 9 Mass 462; 10 Serg. & Rawle, 240; 1 Hall's N. York Rep. 155; 4 Dall. 412; 5 Serg. & Rawle, 523; 1 Pet. S. C. Rep. 352. Vide, generally, 18 Vin. Ab. 17; 1 Phil. Ev. 288; Bac. Ab. Amendment, &c., H; 1 Kent, Com. 260; Archb. Civ. Pl. 395; Gresley on Ev. 99; Stark. Ev. Index, h.t.; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.; Co. Litt. 260; 10 Pick. R. 72; Bouv. Inst. Index, h.t.
Recordance (n.) Remembrance. [Obs.]
Recordation (n.) Remembrance; recollection; also, a record. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Recorder (n.) One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.
Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court.
Recorder (n.) (Mus.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. [Obs.] "Flutes and soft recorders." -- Milton.
Recorder (n.) Equipment for making records [syn: recorder, recording equipment, recording machine].
Recorder (n.) Someone responsible for keeping records [syn: registrar, record-keeper, recorder].
Recorder (n.) A barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs.
Recorder (n.) A tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece [syn: fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute].
Recorder, () (Heb. mazkir, i.e., "the mentioner," "rememberancer"), the office first held by Jehoshaphat in the court of David (2 Sam. 8:16), also in the court of Solomon (1 Kings 4:3). The next recorder mentioned is Joah, in the reign of Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:18, 37; Isa. 36:3, 22). In the reign of Josiah another of the name of Joah filled this office (2 Chr. 34:8). The "recorder" was the chancellor or vizier of the kingdom. He brought all weighty matters under the notice of the king, "such as complaints, petitions, and wishes of subjects or foreigners. He also drew up papers for the king's guidance, and prepared drafts of the royal will for the scribes. All treaties came under his oversight; and he had the care of the national archives or records, to which, as royal historiographer, like the same state officer in Assyria and Egypt, he added the current annals of the kingdom."
Recorder. () A judicial officer of some cities, possessing generally the powers and authority of a judge. 3 Yeates' R. 300; 4 Dall. Rep. 299; but see 1 Rep. Const. Ct. 45. Anciently, recorder signified to recite or testify on re-collection as occasion might require what had previously passed in court, and this was the duty of the judges, thence called recordeurs. Steph. Plead. note 11. 2. An officer appointed to make record or enrollment of deeds and other legal instruments, authorized by law to be recorded.
Recordership (n.) The office of a recorder.
Recording (a.) Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge or telegraph.
Recording (n.) A signal that encodes something (e.g., picture or sound) that has been recorded.
Recording (n.) The act of making a record (especially an audio record); "she watched the recording from a sound-proof booth" [syn: recording, transcription].
Recording (n.) A storage device on which information (sounds or images) have been recorded.
Recorporification (n.) The act of investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a body. [R.] -- Boyle.
Recouch (v. i.) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. [Obs.] -- Sir H. Wotton.
Recount (v. t.) To count or reckon again.
Recount (n.) A counting again, as of votes.
Recount (v.) To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings. -- Dryden.
To all his angels, who, with true applause, Recount his praises. -- Milton.
Recount (n.) An additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election.
Recount (v.) Narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: tell, narrate, recount, recite].
Recount (v.) Count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made".
Recount, (n.) In American politics, another throw of the dice, accorded to the player against whom they are loaded.
Recountment (n.) Recital. [Obs.] -- Shak. Recoup
Recoup (v. t.) Alt. of Recoupe
Recoupe (v. t.) (Law) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
Recoupe (v. t.) To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market.
Recoupe (v. t.) To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the passive.
Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost. -- Froude.
Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom. -- Duke of Argyll.
Recoup (v.) Reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss [syn: recoup, reimburse].
Recoup (v.) Regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" [syn: recover, recoup, recuperate].
Recoup (v.) Retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes" [syn: withhold, deduct, recoup].
Recouper (n.) One who recoups. -- Story.
Recoupment (n.) The act of recouping.
Note: Recoupment applies to equities growing out of the very affair from which thw principal demand arises, set-off to cross-demands which may be independent in origin. -- Abbott.
Recourse (n.) A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs.] "Swift recourse of flushing blood." -- Spenser.
Unto my first I will have my recourse. -- Chaucer.
Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. -- Sir T. Browne.
Recourse (n.) Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort. Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him. -- Sir H. Wotton.
Our last recourse is therefore to our art. -- Dryden.
Recourse (n.) Access; admittance. [Obs.]
Give me recourse to him. -- Shak.
Without recourse (Commerce), Words sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument to protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent holders. It is a restricted indorsement.
Recourse (v. i.) To return; to recur. [Obs.]
The flame departing and recoursing. -- Foxe.
Recourse (v. i.) To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hacket.
Recourse (n.) Act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" [syn: recourse, resort, refuge].
Recourse (n.) Something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" [syn: recourse, refuge, resort].
Recourseful (a.) Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately. [Obs.] -- Drayton.
Recover (v. t.) To cover again. -- Sir W. Scott.
Recovered (imp. & p. p.) of Recover
Recovering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recover
Recover (v. t.) 恢復，復原，使改過 To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. -- 1. Sam. xxx. 18.
Recover (v. t.) To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time. "Loss of catel may recovered be." -- Chaucer.
Even good men have many failings and lapses to lament and recover. -- Rogers.
Recover (v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
The wine in my bottle will recover him. -- Shak.
Recover (v. t.) To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.
I do hope to recover my late hurt. -- Cowley.
When I had recovered a little my first surprise. -- De Foe.
Recover (v. t.) To rescue; to deliver.
That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him. -- 2. Tim. ii. 26.
Recover (v. t.) To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to. [Archaic]
The forest is not three leagues off; If we recover that, we're sure enough. -- Shak.
Except he could recover one of the Cities of Refuge he was to die. -- Hales.
Recover (v. t.) (Law) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant.
Recover arms (Mil. Drill), A command whereby the piece is brought from the position of "aim" to that of "ready."
Syn: To regain; repossess; resume; retrieve; recruit; heal; cure.
Recover (v. i.) 痊愈，復原，重新獲得 To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright.
Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover of this disease. -- 2 Kings i. 2.
Recover (v. i.) To make one's way; to come; to arrive. [Obs.]
With much ado the Christians recovered to Antioch. -- Fuller.
Recover (v. i.) (Law) To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
Recover (n.) 恢復，克服，彌補，挽回，痊愈 Recovery. -- Sir T. Malory.
Recover (v.) Get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly" [syn: recover, retrieve, find, regain].
Recover (v.) Get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating" [syn: recuperate, recover, convalesce] [ant: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, drop].
Recover (v.) Regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate" [syn: recover, go back, recuperate].
Recover (v.) Regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses" [syn: recover, recoup, recuperate].
Recover (v.) Reuse (materials from waste products) [syn: reclaim, recover].
Recover (v.) Cover anew; "recover a chair".
Recover (v.) [ I or T ] (B1) （尤指健康、能力、所有物等）失而復得，重新得到，追回，收復，尋回 To get back something lost or spent.
// She went into a coma and died without recovering consciousness.
// She was astonished to see me, but she soon recovered her composure/ herself (= soon gave the appearance of being calm).
// Police only recover a very small percentage of stolen goods.
// The initial outlay of setting up a company is considerable and it takes a while to recover those costs.
Recoverable (a.) Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.
A prodigal course Is like the sun's; but not, like his, recoverable. -- Shak.
If I am recoverable, why am I thus? -- Cowper. -- Re*cov"er*a*ble*ness, n.
Recoverable (a.) Capable of being recovered or regained; "recoverable truth of a past event" [ant: irrecoverable, unrecoverable].
Re coverance (n.) Recovery. [Obs.]
Recoveree (n.) (Law) The person against whom a judgment is obtained in common recovery.
Recoverer (n.) One who recovers.
Recoverer (n.) Someone who saves something from danger or violence [syn: rescuer, recoverer, saver].
Recoverer. () The demandant in a common recovery, after judgment has been given in his favor, assumes the name of recoverer.
Recoveror (n.) (Law) The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. -- Wharton.
Recovery (n.) The act of recovering, regaining, or retaking possession.
Recovery (n.) Restoration from sickness, weakness, faintness, or the like; restoration from a condition of mistortune, of fright, etc.
Recovery (n.) (Law) The obtaining in a suit at law of a right to something by a verdict and judgment of court.
Recovery (n.) The getting, or gaining, of something not previously had. [Obs.] "Help be past recovery." --Tusser.
Recovery (n.) In rowing, the act of regaining the proper position for making a new stroke.
Recovery (n.) Act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
Recovery (n.) (Fencing, Sparring, etc.) Act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack.
Common recovery (Law), A species of common assurance or mode of conveying lands by matter of record, through the forms of an action at law, formerly in frequent use, but now abolished or obsolete, both in England and America. -- Burrill. Warren.
Recovery (n.) Return to an original state; "the recovery of the forest after the fire was surprisingly rapid".
Recovery (n.) Gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury [syn: convalescence, recuperation, recovery].
Recovery (n.) The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) [syn: recovery, retrieval].
Recovery. () A recovery, in its most extensive sense, is the restoration of a former right, by the solemn judgment of a Court of justice. 3 Murph. 169.
Recovery. () A recovery is either true or actual, or it is feigned or common. A true recovery, usually known by the name of recovery simply, is the procuring a former right by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; as, for example, when judgment is given in favor of the plaintiff when he seeks to recover a thing or a right.
Recovery. () A common recovery is a judgment obtained in a fictitious suit, brought against the tenant of the freehold, in consequence of a default made by the person who is last vouched to warranty in such suit. Bac. Tracts, 148.
Recovery. () Common recoveries are considered as mere forms of conveyance or common assurances; although a common recovery is a fictitious suit, yet the same mode of proceeding must be pursued, and all the forms strictly adhered to, which are necessary to be observed in an adversary suit. The first thing therefore necessary to be done in suffering a common recovery is, that the person who is to be the demandant, and to whom the lands are to be adjudged, would sue out a writ or praecipe against the tenant of the freehold; whence such tenant is usually called the tenant to the praecipe. In obedience to this writ the tenant appears in court either in person or by his attorney; but, instead of defending the title to the land himself, he calls on some other person, who upon the original purchase is supposed to have warranted the title, and prays that the person may be called in to defend the title which he warranted, or otherwise to give the tenant lands of equal value to those he shall lose by the defect of his warranty. This is called the voucher vocatia, or calling to warranty. The person thus called to warrant, who is usually called the vouchee, appears in court, is impleaded, and enters into the warranty by which means he takes upon himself the defence of the land. The defendant desires leave of the court to imparl, or confer with the vouchee in private, which is granted of course. Soon after the demand and returns into court, but the vouchee disappears or makes default, in consequence of which it is presumed by the court, that he has no title to the lands demanded in the writ, and therefore cannot defend them; whereupon judgment is given for the demandant, now called the recoverer, to recover the lands in question against the tenant, and for the tenant to recover against the vouchee, lands of equal value in recompense for those so warranted by him, and now lost by his default. This is called the recompense of recovery in value; but as it is, customary for the crier of the court to act, who is hence called the common vouchee, the tenant can only have a nominal, and not a real recompense, for the land thus recovered against him by the demandant. A writ of habere facias is then sued out, directed to the sheriff of the county in which the lands thus recovered are situated; and, on the execution and return of the writ, the recovery is completed. The recovery here described is with single voucher; but a recovery may, and is frequently suffered with double, treble, or further voucher, as the exigency of the case may require, in which case there are several judgments against the several vouchees.
Recovery. () Common recoveries were invented by the ecclesiastics in order to evade the statute of mortmain by which they were prohibited from purchasing or receiving under the pretence of a free gift, any land or tenements whatever. They have been used in some states for the purpose of breaking the entail of estates. Vide, generally, Cruise, Digest, tit. 36; 2 Saund. 42, n. 7; 4 Kent, Com. 487; Pigot on Common Recoveries, passim.
Recovery. () All the learning in relation to common recoveries is nearly obsolete, as they are out of use. Rey, a French writer, in his work, Des Institutions Judicaire del'Angleterre, tom. ii. p. 221, points out what appears to him the absurdity of a common recovery. As to common recoveries, see 9 S. & R. 330; 3 S. & R. 435; 1 Yeates, 244; 4 Yeates, 413; 1 Whart. 139, 151; 2 Rawle, 168; 2 Halst. 47; 5 Mass. 438; 6 Mass. 328; 8 Mass. 34; 3 Harr. & John. 292; 6 P. S. R. 45,
Recreance (n.) Recreancy.
Recreancy (n.) The quality or state of being recreant.
Recreant (a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven. "This recreant knight." -- Spenser.
Recreant (a.) Apostate; false; unfaithful.
Who, for so many benefits received, Turned recreant to God, ingrate and false. -- Milton.
Recreant (n.) One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. --Blackstone.
You are all recreants and dastards! -- Shak.
Recreant (a.) Having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper" [syn: recreant, renegade].
Recreant (a.) Lacking even the rudiments of courage; abjectly fearful; "the craven fellow turned and ran"; "a craven proposal to raise the white flag"; "this recreant knight" -- Spenser [syn: craven, recreant].
Recreant (n.) An abject coward [syn: poltroon, craven, recreant].
Recreant (n.) A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter].
Recreant. () A Coward; a poltroon. 3 Bl. Com. 340.
Re-create (v. t.) To create or form anew.
On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of reenforcing, it was necessary to re-create, the army. -- Marshall.
Recreated (imp. & p. p.) of Recreate.
Recreating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recreate.
Recreate (v. t.) To give fresh life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify.
Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colors mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying . . . the sight more than any. -- Dryden.
St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame partridge. -- Jer. Taylor.
These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent. -- Dr. H. More.
Recreate (v. i.) To take recreation. -- L. Addison.
Re-create (v.) Create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale".
Re-create (v.) Make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt" [syn: copy, re-create].
Re-create (v.) Form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind; "His mind re-creates the entire world".
Recreation (n.) The act of recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.
Re-creation (n.) A forming anew; a new creation or formation.
Recreation (n.) An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" [syn: diversion, recreation].
Recreation (n.) Activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation; "time for rest and refreshment by the pool"; "days of joyous recreation with his friends" [syn: refreshment, recreation].
Recreation, (n.) A particular kind of dejection to relieve a general fatigue.
Re-creative (a.) Creating anew; as, re-creative power.
Recreative (a.) Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting.
Let the music of them be recreative. -- Bacon. --- Rec"re*a`tive*ly, adv. -- Rec"re*a`tive*ness, n.
Recrement (n.) Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement of ore.
Recrement (n.) (Med.) Excrement. [Obs.]
Recrement (n.) (Med.) A substance secreted from the blood and again absorbed by it.
Recremental (a.) Recrementitious.
Recrementitial (a.) (Med.) Of the nature of a recrement. See Recrement, 2 (b). "Recrementitial fluids." --Dunglison.
Recrementitious (a.) Of or pertaining to recrement; consisting of recrement or dross. -- Boyle.
Recriminate (v. i.) To return one charge or accusation with another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser.
It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently to clear myself in this matter. -- Bp. Stillingfleet.
Recriminate (v. t.) To accuse in return. -- South.
Recriminate (v.) Return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return.
Recrimination (n.) The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser; a counter accusation.
Accusations and recriminations passed backward and forward between the contending parties. -- Macaulay.
Recrimination (n.) Mutual accusations.
Recrimination, () crim. law. An accusation made by a person accused against his
accuser, either of having committed the same offence, or another.
Recrimination, () In general recrimination does not excuse the person accused, nor diminish his punishment, because the guilt of another can never excuse him.
But in applications for divorce on the ground of adultery, if the party defendant, can prove that the plaintiff or complainant has been guilty of the same offence, the divorce will not be granted. 1 Hagg. C. Rep. 144; S. C. 4 Eccl. Rep. 360. The laws of Pennsylvania contain a provision to the same effect. Vide 1 Hagg. Eccl. R. 790; 3 Hagg. Eccl. R. 77; 1 Hagg. Cons. R. 147; 2 Hagg. Cons. R. 297; Shelf. on Mar. and Div. 440; Dig. 24, 3, 39; Dig. 48, 5, 13, 5; 1 Addams, R. 411; Compensation; Condonation; Divorce,
Recriminative (a.) Recriminatory.
Recriminative (a.) Countering one charge with another; "recriminatory arguments" [syn: recriminative, recriminatory].
Recriminator (n.) One who recriminates.
Recriminatory (a.) Having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating.
Recriminatory (a.) Countering one charge with another; "recriminatory arguments" [syn: recriminative, recriminatory].
Recross (v. t.) To cross a second time.
Recrudency (n.) Recrudescence.
Recrudescence (n.) Alt. of Recrudescency
Recrudescency (n.) The state or condition of being recrudescent.
A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land] to chronic poverty and waste. -- Duke of Argyll.
Recrudescency (n.) (Med.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission. -- Dunglison.
Recrudescence (n.) A return of something after a period of abatement; "a recrudescence of racism"; "a recrudescence of the symptoms".
Recrudescent (a.) Growing raw, sore, or painful again.
Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.
Recrudescent (a.) The revival of an unfortunate situation after a period of abatement; "the patient presented with a case of recrudescent gastralgia".
Recruited (imp. & p. p.) of Recruit.
Recruiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Recruit.
Recruit (v. t.) 徵募（新兵）；吸收（新成員）；（增加人員）充實（部隊等） To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits.
Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their color. -- Glanvill.
Recruit (v. t.) Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.
Recruit (v. t.) To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men. -- M. Arnold.
Recruit (v. i.) 招募新兵；招收新成員；【罕】得到補充 To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
Recruit (v. i.) To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.
Recruit (n.) [C] 新兵；新手；【美】復員士兵 A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reenforcement.
The state is to have recruits to its strength, and remedies to its distempers. -- Burke.
Recruit (n.) Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
Recruit (n.) A recently enlisted soldier [syn: {recruit}, {military recruit}].
Recruit (n.) Any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces) [syn: {recruit}, {enlistee}].
Recruit (v.) Register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members" [syn: {enroll}, {inscribe}, {enter}, {enrol}, {recruit}].
Recruit (v.) Seek to employ; "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants".
Recruit (v.) Cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers" [syn: {recruit}, {levy}, {raise}].
Recruit (n.) A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.
Fresh from the farm or factory or street, His marching, in pursuit or in retreat, Were an impressive martial spectacle Except for two impediments -- his feet. Thompson Johnson
Recruit (n.) A newly made soldier.