Reconnoiter
(Rec`on*noi"ter, Rec`on*noi"tre) v. t. [F. reconnoitre, a former spelling of reconnaître.
See Recognize.]
1. To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view
to military or engineering operations.
2. To recognize. [Obs.] Sir H. Walpole.
Reconquer
(Re*con"quer) v. t. [Pref. re- + conquer: cf. F. reconquérir.] To conquer again; to recover
by conquest; as, to reconquer a revolted province.
Reconquest
(Re*con"quest) n. A second conquest.
Reconsecrate
(Re*con"se*crate) v. t. To consecrate anew or again.
Reconsecration
(Re*con`se*cra"tion), n. Renewed consecration.
Reconsider
(Re`con*sid"er) v. t.
1. To consider again; as, to reconsider a subject.
2. (Parliamentary Practice) To take up for renewed consideration, as a motion or a vote which has
been previously acted upon.
Reconsideration
(Re`con*sid`er*a"tion) n. The act of reconsidering, or the state of being reconsidered; as,
the reconsideration of a vote in a legislative body.
Reconsolate
(Re*con"so*late) v. t. To console or comfort again. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Reconsolidate
(Re`con*sol"i*date) v. t. To consolidate anew or again.
Reconsolidation
(Re`con*sol`i*da"tion) n. The act or process of reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.
Reconstruct
(Re`con*struct") v. t. To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew.
Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed.
Macaulay. Reconstruction
(Re`con*struc"tion) n.
1. The act of constructing again; the state of being reconstructed.
2. (U.S. Politics) The act or process of reorganizing the governments of the States which had passed
ordinances of secession, and of reëstablishing their constitutional relations to the national government,
after the close of the Civil War.
Reconstructive
(Re`con*struct"ive) a. Reconstructing; tending to reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.
Recontinuance
(Re`con*tin"u*ance) n. The act or state of recontinuing.
Recontinue
(Re`con*tin"ue) v. t. & i. To continue anew.
Reconvene
(Re`con*vene") v. t. & i. To convene or assemble again; to call or come together again.
Reconvention
(Re`con*ven"tion) n. (Civil Law) A cross demand; an action brought by the defendant
against the plaintiff before the same judge. Burrill. Bouvier.
Reconversion
(Re`con*ver"sion) n. A second conversion.
