Re*con"quer (r?*k?n"k?r), v. t. [Pref. re- + conquer: cf. F.
reconquérir.] To conquer again; to recover by conquest; as, to
reconquer a revolted province.
Re*con"quest (-kw?st), n. A second conquest.
Re*con"se*crate (-k?n"s?*kr?t), v. t. To consecrate anew or again.
Re*con`se*cra"tion, n. Renewed consecration.
Re`con*sid"er (r?`k?n*s?d"?r), v. t. 1. To consider again; as, to
reconsider a subject.
2. (Parliamentary Practice) To take up for renewed consideration, as a
motion or a vote which has been previously acted upon.
Re`con*sid`er*a"tion (-?"sh?n), n. The act of reconsidering, or the
state of being reconsidered; as, the reconsideration of a vote in a
legislative body.
Re*con"so*late (r?*k?n"s?*l?t), v. t. To console or comfort again.
[Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Re`con*sol"i*date (r?`k?n*s?l"?*d?t), v. t. To consolidate anew or
again.
Re`con*sol`i*da"tion (-d?"sh?n), n. The act or process of
reconsolidating; the state of being reconsolidated.
Re`con*struct" (-str?kt"), v. t. To construct again; to rebuild; to
remodel; to form again or anew.
Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed.
Macaulay.
Re`con*struc"tion (-str?k"sh?n), n. 1. The act of constructing again;
the state of being reconstructed.
2. (U.S. Politics) The act or process of reorganizing the governments
of the States which had passed ordinances of secession, and of
reëstablishing their constitutional relations to the national
government, after the close of the Civil War.
Re`con*struct"ive (-str?k"t?v), a. Reconstructing; tending to
reconstruct; as, a reconstructive policy.
Re`con*tin"u*ance (-t?n"?*?ns), n. The act or state of recontinuing.
Re`con*tin"ue (-?), v. t. & i. To continue anew.
Re`con*vene" (r?`k?n*v?n"), v. t. & i. To convene or assemble again; to
call or come together again.
Re`con*ven"tion (-v?n"sh?n), n. (Civil Law) A cross demand; an action
brought by the defendant against the plaintiff before the same judge.
Burrill. Bouvier.
Re`con*ver"sion (-v?r"sh?n), n. A second conversion.
Re`con*vert" (-v?rt"), v. t. To convert again. Milton.
Re*con"vert (r?*k?n"v?rt), n. A person who has been reconverted.
Gladstone.
Re`con*vert"i*ble (r?`k?n*v?rt"?*b'l), a. (Chem.) Capable of being
reconverted; convertible again to the original form or condition.
Re`con*vey" (-v?"), v. t. 1. To convey back or to the former place; as,
to reconvey goods.