Syn. -- To acknowledge; avow; confess; own; allow; concede. See
Acknowledge.
Rec"og*nize, v. i. (Law) To enter an obligation of record before a
proper tribunal; as, A B recognized in the sum of twenty dollars.
[Written also recognise.]
In legal usage in the United States the second syllable is often
accented.
Re*cog`ni*zee" (r*kg`n*z" or r*kn`*z"), n. (Law) The person in whose
favor a recognizance is made. [Written also recognisee.] Blackstone.
Rec"og*ni`zer (rk"g*n`zr), n. One who recognizes; a recognizor.
[Written also recogniser.]
Re*cog`ni*zor" (r*kg`n*zôr" or r*kn`*zôr"), n. (Law) One who enters
into a recognizance. [Written also recognisor.] Blackstone.
Rec"og*nosce (rk"g*ns), v. t. [L. recognoscere. See Recognizance.] To
recognize. [R. & Obs.] Boyle.
Re*coil" (r*koil"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recoiled (-koild"); p. pr. &
vb. n. Recoiling.] [OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- +
culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by
accoil.]
1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse
motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return.
Evil on itself shall back recoil.
Milton.
The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we
should recoil into our ordinary spirits.
De Quincey.
2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or
the like; to shrink. Shak.
3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. [Obs.] "To
your bowers recoil." Spenser.
Re*coil", v. t. To draw or go back. [Obs.] Spenser.
Re*coil", n. 1. A starting or falling back; a rebound; a shrinking; as,
the recoil of nature, or of the blood.