Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RAL'LY, v.i.

1. To assemble; to unite. Innumerable parts of matter chanced then to rally together and to form themselves into this new world. – Tillotson.
2. To come back to order. The Grecians rally and their pow'rs unite. – Dryden.
3. To use pleasantry or satirical merriment. – Johnson.