Syn. -- Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement;
propitiation; atonement; expiation.
Rec`on*cil"i*a*to*ry (-s?l"?*?*t?*r?), a. Serving or tending to
reconcile. Bp. Hall.
Re*con`den*sa"tion (r?*k?n`d?n*s?"sh?n), n. The act or process of
recondensing.
Re`con*dense" (r`kn*dns"), v. t. To condense again.
Rec"on*dite (r?k"?n*d?t or r?*k?n"d?t; 277), a. [L. reconditus, p. p.
of recondere to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref. re- re- +
condere to bring or lay together. See Abscond.] 1. Hidden from the
mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of
things.
2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite
studies. "Recondite learning." Bp. Horsley.
Re*con"di*to*ry (r?k?n"d?*t?*r?), n. [LL. reconditorium.] A repository;
a storehouse. [Obs.] Ash.
Re`con*duct" (r`kn*dkt"), v. t. To conduct back or again. "A guide to
reconduct thy steps." Dryden.
Re`con*firm" (-f?rm"), v. t. [Pref. re- + confirm: cf. F. reconfirmer.]
To confirm anew. Clarendon.
Re`con*fort" (-f?rt"), v. t. [F. réconforter.] To recomfort; to
comfort. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Re`con*join" (r?`k?n*join"), v. t. To join or conjoin anew. Boyle.
{ Re*con"nois*sance, Re*con"nais*sance } (r?- k?n"n?s-s?ns), n. [F. See
Recognizance.] The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or
survey. Specifically: (a) (Geol.) An examination or survey of a region
in reference to its general geological character. (b) (Engin.) An
examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory
to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of
determining the location of a public work. (c) (Mil.) An examination of
a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining
information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory
expedition.
Reconnoissance in force (Mil.), a demonstration or attack by a large
force of troops for the purpose of discovering the position and
strength of an enemy.
{ Rec`on*noi"ter, Rec`on*noi"tre } (r?k`?n*noi"t?r), v. t. [F.
reconnoitre, a former spelling of reconnaître. See Recognize.] 1. To
examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of;
esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.