The burying of the dead . . . hath always been had in an
extraordinary recommendation amongst the ancient.
Sir T. North.
Rec`om*mend"a*tive (-m?nd"?*t?v), n. That which recommends; a
recommendation. [Obs.]
Rec`om*mend"a*to*ry (-?*t?*r?), a. Serving to recommend; recommending;
commendatory. Swift.
Rec`om*mend"er (-?r), n. One who recommends.
Re`com*mis"sion (r?`k?m*m?sh?n), v. t. To commission again; to give a
new commission to.
Officers whose time of service had expired were to be
recommissioned.
Marshall.
Re`com*mit" (-m?t"), v. t. To commit again; to give back into keeping;
specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to
the same committee.
{ Re`com*mit"ment (-ment), Re`com*mit"tal (-?l), } n. A second or
renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.
Re`com*pact" (-p?kt"), v. t. To compact or join anew. "Recompact my
scattered body." Donne.
Re*com`pen*sa"tion (r?*k?m`p?n*s?"sh?n), n. [Cf. LL. recompensatio.] 1.
Recompense. [Obs.]
2. (Scots Law) Used to denote a case where a set-off pleaded by the
defendant is met by a set-off pleaded by the plaintiff.
Rec"om*pense (rk"m*pns), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recompensed (-p?nst); p.
pr. & vb. n. Recompensing (-p?n`s?ng).] [F. récompenser, LL.
recompensare, fr.L. pref. re- re- + compensare to compensate. See
Compensate.] 1. To render an equivalent to, for service, loss, etc.; to
requite; to remunerate; to compensate.
He can not recompense me better.
Shak.
2. To return an equivalent for; to give compensation for; to atone for;
to pay for.
God recompenseth the gift.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
To recompense My rash, but more unfortunate, misdeed.
Milton.
3. To give in return; to pay back; to pay, as something earned or
deserved. [R.]
Recompense to no man evil for evil.
Rom. xii. 17.
Syn. -- To repay; requite; compensate; reward; remunerate.
Rec"om*pense (r?k"?m*p?ns), v. i. To give recompense; to make amends or
requital. [Obs.]
Rec"om*pense, n. [Cf. F. récompense.] An equivalent returned for
anything done, suffered, or given; compensation; requital; suitable
return.
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompense.
Deut. xxii. 35.
And every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense
of reward.
Heb. ii. 2.
Syn. -- Repayment; compensation; remuneration; amends; satisfaction;
reward; requital.
Rec"om*pense`ment (-p?ns`m?nt), n. Recompense; requital. [Obs.] Fabyan.
Rec"om*pen`ser (-p?n`s?r), n. One who recompenses.
A thankful recompenser of the benefits received.
Foxe.
Rec"om*pen`sive (-s?v), a. Of the nature of recompense; serving to
recompense. Sir T. Browne.
Re*com`pi*la"tion (r?*k?m`p?*l?"tion), n. A new compilation.
Re`com*pile" (r`km*pl"), v. t. To compile anew.
Re`com*pile"ment (-ment), n. The act of recompiling; new compilation or
digest; as, a recompilement of the laws. Bacon.
Re`com*pose" (-p?z"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recomposed (-p?zd"); p. pr. &
vb. n. Recomposing.] [Pref. re- + compose: cf. F. recomposer.] 1. To
compose again; to form anew; to put together again or repeatedly.
The far greater number of the objects presented to our observation
can only be decomposed, but not actually recomposed.
Sir W. Hamilton.
2. To restore to composure; to quiet anew; to tranquilize; as, to
recompose the mind. Jer. Taylor.
Re`com*pos"er (-p?z"?r), n. One who recomposes.
Re*com`po*si"tion (r?*k?m`p?z?sh?n), n. [Cf. F. recomposition.] The act
of recomposing.
Rec"on*ci`la*ble (r?k"?n*s?`l?*b'l), a. [Cf. F. réconciliable.] Capable
of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable
with previous acts.
The different accounts of the numbers of ships are reconcilable.
Arbuthnot.
-- Rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv.
Rec"on*cile` (-s?l`), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Reconciled (-s?ld`); p. pr. &
vb. n. Reconciling.] [F. réconcilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- +
conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate.] 1. To cause to
be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to
bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to
reconcile persons who have quarreled.
Propitious now and reconciled by prayer.
Dryden.
The church [if defiled] is interdicted till it be reconciled [i.e.,
restored to sanctity] by the bishop.
Chaucer.
We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God.