Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-COIL'ER, n.

One who falls back from his promise or profession.

RE-COIL'ING, n.

The act of starting or falling back; a shrinking; revolt. – South.

RE-COIL'ING, ppr.

Starting or falling back; retiring; shrinking.

RE-COIL'ING-LY, adv.

With starting back or retrocession.

RE-COIL'MENT, n.

The act of recoiling.

RE-COIN', v.t. [re and coin.]

To coin again; as, to recoin gold or silver.

RE-COIN'AGE, n.

1. The act of coining anew.
2. That which is coined anew.

RE-COIN'ED, pp.

Coined again.

RE-COIN'ING, ppr.

Coining anew.

RE-COL-LECT', v.t.

To gather again; to collect what has been scattered; as, to re-collect routed troops.

REC-OL-LECT', v.t. [re and collect; L. recolligo, recollectus.]

1. To collect again; applied to ideas that have escaped from the memory; to recover or call back ideas to the memory. I recollect what was said at a former interview; or I can not recollect what was said.
2. To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring hack to the mind or memory. I met a man whom I thought I had seen before, but I could not recollect his name, or the place where I had seen him. I do not recollect you, sir.
3. To recover resolution or composure of mind. The Tyrian queen / Admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man, / Then recollected stood. – Dryden. [In this sense, collected is more generally used.]

REC-OL-LECT'ED, pp.

Recalled to the memory.

REC-OL-LECT'ING, ppr.

Recovering to the memory.

REC-OL-LEC'TION, n.

1. The act of recalling to the memory, as ideas that have escaped; or the operation by which are recalled to the memory or revived in the mind. Recollection differs from remembrance, as it is the consequence of volition, or an effort of the mind to revive ideas; whereas remembrance implies no such volition. We often renumber things without any voluntary effort. Recollection is called also reminiscence.
2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance. The events mentioned are not within my recollection.
3. In popular language, recollection is used as synonymous with remembrance.

REC-OL-LECT'IVE, a.

Having the power of recollecting. – Foster.

REC'OL-LET, n. [Sp. and Port. recoleto.]

A monk of a reformed order of Franciscans.

RE-COL-O-NIZ-A'TION, n.

A second colonization. – E. Everett.

RE-COL'O-NIZE, v.t.

To colonize a second time.

RE-COL'O-NIZ-ING, ppr.

Colonizing a second time.

RE-COM-BI-NA'TION, n.

Combination a second time

RE-COM-BINE, v.t. [re and combine.]

To combine again. If we recombine these two elastic fluids. – Lavoisier.

RE-COM-BIN-ED, pp.

Combined anew.

RE-COM-BIN-ING, ppr.

Combining again.

RE-COM-FORT, v.t. [re and comfort.]

1. To comfort again; to console anew. – Sidney.
2. To give new strength. – Bacon.

RE-COM-FORT-ED, pp.

Comforted again.