Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-CRE-A-TING, ppr.

Creating or forming anew.

RE-CRE-A'TION, n.

A forming anew. – Sidney.

REC-RE-A'TION, n.

1. Refreshment of the strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion. – South.
2. Relief from toil or pain; amusement in sorrow or distress.

REC'RE-A-TIVE, a.

Refreshing; giving new vigor or animation; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting. Choose such sports as are recreative and healthful. Let the music be recreative. – Bacon.

REC'RE-A-TIVE-LY, adv.

With recreation or diversion. – Sherwood.

REC'RE-A-TIVE-NESS, n.

The quality of being refreshing or diverting.

REC'RE-MENT, n. [L. recrementum; probably re and cerno, to secrete.]

Superfluous matter separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; spume; as, the recrement of ore or of the blood.

REC-RE-MENT'AL, or REC-RE-MEN-TI'TIAL, a. [or REC-RE-MEN-TI'TIOUS.]

Drossy; consisting of superfluous matter separated from that which is valuable. – Fourcroy.

RE-CRIM'IN-ATE, v.i. [Fr. recriminer; L. re and criminor, to accuse.]

1. To return one accusation with another. It is not my business to recriminate. – Stillingfleet.
2. To charge an accuser with the like crime.

RE-CRIM'IN-ATE, v.t.

To accuse in return. – South.

RE-CRIM'IN-A-TING, ppr.

Returning one accusation with another.

RE-CRIM-IN-A'TION, n.

1. The return of one accusation with another.
2. In law, an accusation brought by the accused against the accuser upon the same fact. – Encyc.

RE-CRIM'IN-A-TOR, n.

He that accuses the accuser of a like crime.

RE-CRIM'IN-A-TO-RY, or RE-CRIM'IN-A-TIVE, a.

Retorting accusation. – Burke.

RE-CROSS', v.t.

To cross a second time. – Washington.

RE-CROSS'ED, pp.

Crossed a second time.

RE-CROSS'ING, ppr.

Crossing a second time.

RE-CRU'DEN-CY, n. [See RECRUDESCENCY.]

RE-CRU-DES'CENCE, or RE-CRU-DES'CEN-CY, n. [from L. recrudescens; re and crudesco, to grow raw; crudus, raw.]

The state of becoming sore again. – Bacon.

RE-CRU-DES'CENT, a.

Growing raw, sore or painful again.

RE-CRUIT, n.

The supply of any thing wasted; chiefly, a new raised soldier to supply the deficiency of an army.

RE-CRUIT, v.i.

1. To gain new supplies of any thing wasted; to gain flesh, health, spirits, &c.; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures.
2. To gain new supplies of men; to raise new soldiers. – Addison.

RE-CRUIT, v.t. [Fr. recruter; It. reclutare; Sp. reclutar; Port. reclutar or recrutar; from the root of Fr. recroître; re and croître, to grow, L. cresco; It. ricrescere, to increase.]

1. To repair by fresh supplies any thing wasted. We say, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise recruit the spirits. Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their color. – Glanville.
2. To supply with new men any deficiency of troops; as, to recruit an army.

RE-CRUIT-ED, pp.

Furnished with new supplies of what is wasted.

RE-CRUIT-ING, n.

The business of raising new soldiers to supply the loss of men in an army.