I would now, on the reclamation both of generosity and of justice,
try clemency.
Landor.
Re*clasp" (r*klsp"), v. i. To clasp or unite again.
Re*clin"ant (r*kln"ant), a. [L. reclinans, p. pr. See Recline.] Bending
or leaning backward.
Rec"li*nate (rk"l*nt), a. [L. reclinatus, p. p.] (Bot.) Reclined, as a
leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower
than the base.
Rec`li*na"tion (rk`l*n"shn), n. [Cf. F. réclinaison.] 1. The act of
leaning or reclining, or the state of being reclined.
2. (Dialing) The angle which the plane of the dial makes with a
vertical plane which it intersects in a horizontal line. Brande & C.
3. (Surg.) The act or process of removing a cataract, by applying the
needle to its anterior surface, and depressing it into the vitreous
humor in such a way that the front surface of the cataract becomes the
upper one and its back surface the lower one. Dunglison.
Re*cline" (r*kln"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reclined (-klnd"); p. pr. & vb.
n. Reclining.] [L. reclinare; pref. re- re- + clinare to lean, incline.
See Incline, Lean to incline.] To cause or permit to lean, incline,
rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head
on the hand.
The mother Reclined her dying head upon his breast.
Dryden.
Re*cline", v. i. 1. To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
2. To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a
couch.
Re*cline", a. [L. reclinis. See Recline, v. t.] Having a reclining
posture; leaning; reclining. [R.]
They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers.
Milton.
Re*clined" (r*klnd"), a. (Bot.) Falling or turned downward; reclinate.
Re*clin"er (r*kln"r), n. One who, or that which, reclines.
Re*clin"ing, a. (Bot.) (a) Bending or curving gradually back from the
perpendicular. (b) Recumbent.
Reclining dial, a dial whose plane is inclined to the vertical line
through its center. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).
Re*close" (r*klz"), v. t. To close again. Pope.
Re*clothe" (r*klth"), v. t. To clothe again.
Re*clude" (r*kld"), v. t. [L. recludere to unclose, open; pref. re-
again, back, un- + claudere to shut.] To open; to unclose. [R.] Harvey.
Re*cluse" (r*kls"), a. [F. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere,
reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See Close.] Shut up;
sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary;
living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.
In meditation deep, recluse From human converse.
J. Philips.
Re*cluse", n. [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See Recluse, a.] 1. A person
who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or
monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in
single cells, usually attached to monasteries.