To be without rebuke, to live without giving cause of reproof or
censure; to be blameless.
Re*buke"ful (-fl), a. Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke.
[Obs.] -- Re*buke"ful*ly, adv. [Obs.]
Re*buk"er (-bk"r), n. One who rebukes.
Re*buk"ing*ly, adv. By way of rebuke.
Re`bul*li"tion (r`bl*lsh"n), n. The act of boiling up or effervescing.
[R.] Sir H. Wotton.
Re*bur"y (r*br"r), v. t. To bury again. Ashmole.
Re"bus (r"bs), n.; pl. Rebuses (-z). [L. rebus by things, abl. pl. of
res a thing: cf. F. rébus. Cf. 3d Real.] 1. A mode of expressing words
and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or
the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of
words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such
representations.
A gallant, in love with a woman named Rose Hill, had, embroidered on
his gown, a rose, a hill, an eye, a loaf, and a well, signifying, Rose
Hill I love well.
2. (Her.) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the
person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting.
Re"bus, v. t. To mark or indicate by a rebus.
He [John Morton] had a fair library rebused with More in text and
Tun under it.
Fuller.
Re*but" (r*bt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebutted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rebutting.] [OF. rebouter to repulse, drive back; pref. re- + bouter to
push, thrust. See 1st Butt, Boutade.] 1. To drive or beat back; to
repulse.
Who him, rencount'ring fierce, as hawk in flight, Perforce rebutted
back.
Spenser.
2. (Law) To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or
countervailing proof. Abbott.
Re*but", v. i. 1. To retire; to recoil. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. (Law) To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's
surrejoinder.
The plaintiff may answer the rejoinder by a surrejoinder; on which
the defendant may rebut.
Blackstone.
Re*but"ta*ble (-t*b'l), a. Capable of being rebutted.
Re*but"tal (-bt"tal), n. (Law) The giving of evidence on the part of a
plaintiff to destroy the effect of evidence introduced by the defendant
in the same suit.
Re*but"ter (-tr), n. (Law) The answer of a defendant in matter of fact
to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
Re*ca"den*cy (r*k"den*s), n. A falling back or descending a second
time; a relapse. W. Montagu.
Re*cal"ci*trant (r*kl"s*trant), a. [L. recalcitrans, p. pr. of
recalcitrare to kick back; pref. re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx
heel. Cf. Inculcate.] Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing
repugnance or opposition; refractory.
Re*cal"ci*trate (-trt), v. t. To kick against; to show repugnance to;
to rebuff.
The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his
tricks.
De Quincey.
Re*cal"ci*trate, v. i. To kick back; to kick against anything; hence,
to express repugnance or opposition.
Re*cal`ci*tra"tion (-tr"shn), n. A kicking back again; opposition;
repugnance; refractoriness.
Re*call" (r*kl"), v. t. 1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to
recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
If Henry were recalled to life again.
Shak.
2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw;
as, to recall words, or a decree.
Passed sentence may not be recall'd.
Shak.
3. To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to
remember; as, to recall bygone days.
Re*call", n. 1. A calling back; a revocation.
'T is done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall.
Dryden.
2. (Mil.) A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are
recalled from duty, labor, etc. Wilhelm.
Re*call"a*ble (-*b'l), a. Capable of being recalled.
Re*call"ment (-ment), n. Recall. [R.] R. Browning.
Re*cant" (r*knt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recanted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Recanting.] [L. recantare, recantatum, to recall, recant; pref. re- re-
+ cantare to sing, to sound. See 3d Cant, Chant.] To withdraw or
repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to
contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract;
to recall.
How soon . . . ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and
void!
Milton.
Syn. -- To retract; recall; revoke; abjure; disown; disavow. See
Renounce.
Re*cant", v. i. To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what
has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will
recant. Dryden.
Re`can*ta"tion (r`kn*t"shn), n. The act of recanting; a declaration
that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in
contradiction; retraction.
The poor man was imprisoned for this discovery, and forced to make
a public recantation.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
Re*cant"er (r*knt"r), n. One who recants.
Re`ca*pac"i*tate (r`k*ps"*tt), v. t. To qualify again; to confer
capacity on again. Atterbury.
Re*ca*pit"u*late (-pt"*lt), v. t. [L. recapitulare, recapitulatum;
pref. re- re- + capitulum a small head, chapter, section. See
Capitulate.] To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse,
argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points,
or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.
Re`ca*pit"u*late (r`k*pt"*lt), v. i. To sum up, or enumerate by heads
or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the
substance.
Re`ca*pit`u*la"tion (-l"shn), n. [LL. recapitulatio: cf. F.
recapitulation.] The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise
statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or
statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.
Re`ca*pit"u*la`tor (- pt"*l`tr), n. One who recapitulates.
Re`ca*pit"u*la*to*ry (-l*t*r), a. Of the nature of a recapitulation;
containing recapitulation.
Re*cap"per (r*kp"pr), n. (Firearms) A tool used for applying a fresh
percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.
Re*cap"tion (r*kp"shn), n. (Law) The act of retaking, as of one who has
escaped after arrest; reprisal; the retaking of one's own goods,
chattels, wife, or children, without force or violence, from one who
has taken them and who wrongfully detains them. Blackstone.
Writ of recaption (Law), a writ to recover damages for him whose goods,
being distrained for rent or service, are distrained again for the same
cause. Wharton.
Re*cap"tor (-tr), n. One who recaptures; one who takes a prize which
had been previously taken.
Re*cap"ture (-tr; 135), n. 1. The act of retaking or recovering by
capture; especially, the retaking of a prize or goods from a captor.