Rec`or*da"tion (r?k`?r*d?"sh?n), n. [L. recordatio: cf. F. recordation.
See Record, v. t.] Remembrance; recollection; also, a record. [Obs.]
Shak.
Re*cord"er (r?*k?rd"?r), n. 1. One who records; specifically, a person
whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions.
2. The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs;
also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder
of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the
commissioners of the Central Criminal Court.
3. (Mus.) A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. [Obs.]
"Flutes and soft recorders." Milton.
Re*cord"er*ship, n. The office of a recorder.
Re*cord"ing, a. Keeping a record or a register; as, a recording
secretary; -- applied to numerous instruments with an automatic
appliance which makes a record of their action; as, a recording gauge
or telegraph.
Re`cor*por`i*fi*ca"tion (r?`k?r*p?r`?*f?*k?"sh?n), n. The act of
investing again with a body; the state of being furnished anew with a
body. [R.] Boyle.
Re*couch" (r?*kouch"), v. i. [Pref. re- + couch: cf. F. recoucher.] To
retire again to a couch; to lie down again. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.
Re*count" (r*kount"), v. t. [Pref. re- + count.] To count or reckon
again.
Re*count", n. A counting again, as of votes.
Re*count" (r*kount"), v. t. [F. raconter to relate, to recount; pref.
re- again + &?; (L. ad.) + conter to relate. See Count, v.] To tell
over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the
particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's
blessings. Dryden.
To all his angels, who, with true applause, Recount his praises.
Milton.
Re*count`ment (-ment), n. Recital. [Obs.] Shak.
{ Re*coup", Re*coupe" } (-k??p"), v. t. [F. recouper; pref. re- re- +
couper to cut.] 1. (Law) To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by
cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from
damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises
from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
2. To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost
at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market.
3. To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the
passive.
Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might
recoup herself at Philip's cost.
Froude.
Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive
custom.
Duke of Argyll.
Re*coup"er (r?*k??p"?r), n. One who recoups. Story.
Re*coup"ment (-ment), n. The act of recouping.
Recoupment applies to equities growing out of the very affair from
which thw principal demand arises, set-off to cross-demands which may
be independent in origin. Abbott.
Re*course" (r?*k?rs"), n. [F. recours, L. recursus a running back,
return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to run back. See Recur.] 1. A coursing
back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed
course; return; retreat; recurence. [Obs.] "Swift recourse of flushing
blood." Spenser.
Unto my first I will have my recourse.
Chaucer.
Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the
recourse thereof in the valetudinary.
Sir T. Browne.
2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or
application for aid; resort.
Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and
dependence upon him.
Sir H. Wotton.
Our last recourse is therefore to our art.
Dryden.