Chapter Receivedness to Reciprocalness of R by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Recessed arch

(Arch.), one of a series of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.

Recession
(Re*ces"sion) n. [L. recessio, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.] The act of receding or withdrawing, as from a place, a claim, or a demand. South.

Mercy may rejoice upon the recessions of justice.

Jer. Taylor.

Recession
(Re*ces"sion), n. [Pref. re- + cession.] The act of ceding back; restoration; repeated cession; as, the recession of conquered territory to its former sovereign.

Recessional
(Re*ces"sion*al) a. Of or pertaining to recession or withdrawal.

Recessional hymn, a hymn sung in a procession returning from the choir to the robing room.

Recessive
(Re*ces"sive) a. Going back; receding.

Rechabite
(Re"chab*ite) n. (Jewish Hist.) One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.

Rechange
(Re*change") v. t. & i. To change again, or change back.

Recharge
(Re*charge") v. t. & i. [Pref. re- + charge: cf. F. recharger.]

1. To charge or accuse in return.

2. To attack again; to attack anew. Dryden.

Recharter
(Re*char"ter) n. A second charter; a renewal of a charter. D. Webster.

Recharter
(Re*char"ter), v. t. To charter again or anew; to grant a second or another charter to.

Rechase
(Re*chase") v. t. [Pref. re- + chase: cf. F. rechasser.] To chase again; to chase or drive back.

Recheat
(Re*cheat") n. [F. requêté, fr. requêter to hunt anew. See Request.] (Sporting) A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.

Recheat
(Re*cheat"), v. i. To blow the recheat. Drayton.

Recherché
(||Re*cher`ché") a. [F.] Sought out with care; choice. Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and refined in kind.

Rechless
(Rech"less) a. Reckless. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Rechoose
(Re*choose") v. t. To choose again.

Recidivate
(Re*cid"i*vate) v. i. [LL. recidivare. See Recidivous.] To backslide; to fall again. [Obs.]

Recidivation
(Re*cid`i*va"tion) n. [LL. recidivatio.] A falling back; a backsliding. Hammond.

Recidivous
(Re*cid"i*vous) a. [L. recidivus, fr. recidere to fall back.] Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit.