A recrudescence of barbarism may condemn it [land] to chronic
poverty and waste.
Duke of Argyll.
2. (Med.) Increased severity of a disease after temporary remission.
Dunglison.
Re`cru*des"cent (-sent), a. [L. recrudescens, -entis, p. pr. of
recrudescere to become raw again; pref. re- re- + crudescere to become
hard or raw: cf. F. recrudescent.] 1. Growing raw, sore, or painful
again.
2. Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a
recrudescent epidemic.
Re*cruit" (r?*kr?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recruited; p. pr. & vb. n.
Recruiting.] [F. recruter, corrupted (under influence of recrue
recruiting, recruit, from recroî/tre, p. p. recrû, to grow again) from
an older recluter, properly, to patch, to mend (a garment); pref. re- +
OF. clut piece, piece of cloth; cf. Icel. kltr kerchief, E. clout.] 1.
To repair by fresh supplies, as anything wasted; to remedy lack or
deficiency in; as, food recruits the flesh; fresh air and exercise
recruit the spirits.
Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their color.
Glanvill.
2. Hence, to restore the wasted vigor of; to renew in strength or
health; to reinvigorate.
3. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by
enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for
a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men. M.
Arnold.
Re*cruit", v. i. 1. To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain
health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle
recruit in fresh pastures.
2. To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to raise
or enlist new soldiers; to enlist troops.
Re*cruit", n. 1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a
reënforcement.
The state is to have recruits to its strength, and remedies to its
distempers.
Burke.
2. Specifically, a man enlisted for service in the army; a newly
enlisted soldier.
Re*cruit"er, n. One who, or that which, recruits.
Re*cruit"ment (-ment), n. The act or process of recruiting; especially,
the enlistment of men for an army.
Re*crys`tal*li*za"tion (r*krs`tal*l*z"shn), n. (Chem. & Min.) The
process or recrystallizing.
Re*crys"tal*lize (r*krs"tal*lz), v. i. & t. (Chem. & Min.) To
crystallize again. Henry.
Rec"tal (r?k"tal), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the rectum; in the
region of the rectum.
Rec"tan`gle (r?k"t??`g'l), n. [F., fr. L. rectus right + angulus angle.
See Right, and Angle.] (Geom.) A four-sided figure having only right
angles; a right-angled parallelogram.
As the area of a rectangle is expressed by the product of its two
dimensions, the term rectangle is sometimes used for product; as, the
rectangle of a and b, that is, ab.