Who, for so many benefits received, Turned recreant to God, ingrate
and false.
Milton.
Rec"re*ant, n. One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a
mean-spirited, cowardly wretch. Blackstone.
You are all recreants and dastards!
Shak.
Re`-cre*ate" (r?`kr?*?t"), v. t. [Pref. re- + create.] To create or
form anew.
On opening the campaign of 1776, instead of reënforcing, it was
necessary to re-create, the army.
Marshall.
Rec"re*ate (rk"r*t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recreated (-`td); p. pr. & vb.
n. Recreating.] [L. recreatus, p. p. of recreate to create anew, to
refresh; pref. re- re- + creare to create. See Create.] To give fresh
life to; to reanimate; to revive; especially, to refresh after wearying
toil or anxiety; to relieve; to cheer; to divert; to amuse; to gratify.
Painters, when they work on white grounds, place before them colors
mixed with blue and green, to recreate their eyes, white wearying .
. . the sight more than any.
Dryden.
St. John, who recreated himself with sporting with a tame
partridge.
Jer. Taylor.
These ripe fruits recreate the nostrils with their aromatic scent.
Dr. H. More.
Rec"re*ate, v. i. To take recreation. L. Addison.
Rec"re*a"tion (-?"sh?n), n. [F. récréation, L. recreatio.] The act of
recreating, or the state of being recreated; refreshment of the
strength and spirits after toil; amusement; diversion; sport; pastime.
Re`-cre*a"tion (r?`kr?*?sh?n), n. [See Re-create.] A forming anew; a
new creation or formation.
Re`-cre*a"tive (-?`t?v), a. Creating anew; as, re-creative power.
Rec"re*a`tive (r?k"r?*?`t?v), a. [Cf. F. récréatif. See Recreate.]
Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or
animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing;
diverting.
Let the music of them be recreative.
Bacon.
--- Rec"re*a`tive*ly, adv. -- Rec"re*a`tive*ness, n.
Rec"re*ment (r?k"r?*ment), n. [L. recrementum; pref. re- re- + cernere,
cretum, to separate, sift: cf. F. récrément.] 1. Superfluous matter
separated from that which is useful; dross; scoria; as, the recrement
of ore.
2. (Med.) (a) Excrement. [Obs.] (a) A substance secreted from the blood
and again absorbed by it.
Rec`re*men"tal (-m?n"tal), a. Recrementitious.
Rec`re*men*ti"tial (-m?n*t?sh"al), a. [Cf. F. récrémentitiel.] (Med.)
Of the nature of a recrement. See Recrement, 2 (b). "Recrementitial
fluids." Dunglison.
Rec`re*men*ti"tious (-t?sh"?s), a. Of or pertaining to recrement;
consisting of recrement or dross. Boyle.
Re*crim"i*nate (r?*kr?m"?*n?t), v. i. [Pref. re- + criminate: cf. F.
récriminer, LL. recriminare.] To return one charge or accusation with
another; to charge back fault or crime upon an accuser.
It is not my business to recriminate, hoping sufficiently to clear
myself in this matter.
Bp. Stillingfleet.
Re*crim"i*nate, v. t. To accuse in return. South.
Re*crim`i*na"tion (-n?"sh?n), n. [F. récrimination, LL. recriminatio.]
The act of recriminating; an accusation brought by the accused against
the accuser; a counter accusation.
Accusations and recriminations passed backward and forward between
the contending parties.
Macaulay.
Re*crim"i*na*tive (-n?*t?v), a. Recriminatory.
Re*crim"i*na`tor (-n?`t?r), n. One who recriminates.
Re*crim"i*na*to*ry (-n?*t?*r?), a. [Cf. F. récriminatoire.] Having the
quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating.
Re*cross" (r?*kr?s";115), v. t. To cross a second time.
Re*cru"den*cy (r*kr"den*s), n. Recrudescence.
{ Re`cru*des"cence (r?`kr?*d?s"sens), Re`cru*des`cen*cy (-d?s"sen*s?),
} n. [Cf. F. recrudescence.]