Recriminate
(Re*crim"i*nate) v. i. [Pref. re- + criminate: cf. F. récriminer, LL. recriminare.] 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
(Re*crim"i*nate), v. t. To accuse in return. South.
Recrimination
(Re*crim`i*na"tion) n. [F. récrimination, LL. recriminatio.] 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. Recriminative
(Re*crim"i*na*tive) a. Recriminatory.
Recriminator
(Re*crim"i*na`tor) n. One who recriminates.
Recriminatory
(Re*crim"i*na*to*ry) a. [Cf. F. récriminatoire.] Having the quality of recrimination; retorting
accusation; recriminating.
Recross
(Re*cross") v. t. To cross a second time.
Recrudency
(Re*cru"den*cy) n. Recrudescence.
Recrudescence
(Re`cru*des"cence) Recrudescency
(Re`cru*des`cen*cy) n. [Cf. F. recrudescence.]
1. The state or condition of being recrudescent.
A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land] to chronic poverty and waste.
Duke of Argyll. 2. (Med.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission. Dunglison.
Recrudescent
(Re`cru*des"cent) a. [L. recrudescens, -entis, p. pr. of recrudescere to become raw
again; pref. re- re- + crudescere to become hard or raw: cf. F. recrudescent.]
1. Growing raw, sore, or painful again.
2. Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic.
Recruit
(Re*cruit") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recruited; p. pr. & vb. n. Recruiting.] [F. recruter, corrupted
(under influence of recrue recruiting, recruit, from recroî/tre, p. p. recrû, to grow again) from an older
recluter, properly, to patch, to mend (a garment); pref. re- + OF. clut piece, piece of cloth; cf. Icel. klutr
kerchief, E. clout.]
1. 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. 2. Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or health; to reinvigorate.
3. 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
(Re*cruit"), v. i.
1. To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as,
lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
