Re*char"ter (r*chär"tr), n. A second charter; a renewal of a charter.
D. Webster.
Re*char"ter, v. t. To charter again or anew; to grant a second or
another charter to.
Re*chase" (r*chs"), v. t. [Pref. re- + chase: cf. F. rechasser.] To
chase again; to chase or drive back.
Re*cheat" (r*cht"), n. [F. requêté, fr. requêter to hunt anew. See
Request.] (Sporting) A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds
when they have lost track of the game.
Re*cheat", v. i. To blow the recheat. Drayton.
||Re*cher`ché" (re*shâr`sh"), a. [F.] Sought out with care; choice.
||Hence: of rare quality, elegance, or attractiveness; peculiar and
||refined in kind.
Rech"less (rk"ls), a. Reckless. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Re*choose" (r*chz"), v. t. To choose again.
Re*cid"i*vate (r*sd"*vt), v. i. [LL. recidivare. See Recidivous.] To
backslide; to fall again. [Obs.]
Re*cid`i*va"tion (-v"shn), n. [LL. recidivatio.] A falling back; a
backsliding. Hammond.
Re*cid"i*vous (r*sd"*vs), a. [L. recidivus, fr. recidere to fall back.]
Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or
habit.
Rec"i*pe (rs"*p), n.; pl. Recipes (- pz). [L., imperative of recipere
to take back, take in, receive. See Receive.] A formulary or
prescription for making some combination, mixture, or preparation of
materials; a receipt; especially, a prescription for medicine.
Re*cip"i*an`gle (r*sp"*`g'l), n. [L. recipere to take + angulus angle.]
An instrument with two arms that are pivoted together at one end, and a
graduated arc, -- used by military engineers for measuring and laying
off angles of fortifications.
{ Re*cip"i*ence (r*sp"*ens), Re*cip"i*en*cy (-en*s), } n. The quality
or state of being recipient; a receiving; reception; receptiveness.
Re*cip"i*ent (-ent), n. [L. recipiens, -entis, receiving, p. pr. of
recipere to receive: cf. F. récipient. See Receive.] A receiver; the
person or thing that receives; one to whom, or that to which, anything
is given or communicated; specifically, the receiver of a still.
Re*cip"i*ent, a. Receiving; receptive.
Re*cip"ro*cal (-r*kal), a. [L. reciprocus; of unknown origin.] 1.
Recurring in vicissitude; alternate.
2. Done by each to the other; interchanging or interchanged; given and
received; due from each to each; mutual; as, reciprocal love;
reciprocal duties.
Let our reciprocal vows be remembered.
Shak.