Rec"tum (-t?m), n. [NL. (sc. intestinum), fr. L. rectus straight. See
Right.] (Anat.) The terminal part of the large intestine; -- so named
because supposed by the old anatomists to be straight. See Illust.
under Digestive.
||Rec"tus (-t?s), n.; pl. Recti (-t&?;). [NL., fr. L. regere to keep
||straight.] (Anat.) A straight muscle; as, the recti of the eye.
Rec`u*ba"tion (r?k`?*b?"sh?n), n. [L. recubare to lie upon the back.]
Recumbence. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Re*cule" (r?*k?l"), v. i. To recoil. [Obs.] Spenser.
{ Re*cule" (r?*k?l"), Re*cule"ment (- ment), } n. [F. reculement.]
Recoil. [Obs.]
Re*cumb" (-k?m"), v. i. [L. recumbere; pref. re- back + cumbere (in
comp.), akin to cubare to lie down.] To lean; to recline; to repose.
[Obs.] J. Allen (1761).
Re*cum"bence (r?*k?m"bens), n. The act of leaning, resting, or
reclining; the state of being recumbent.
Re*cum"ben*cy (-ben*s?), n. Recumbence.
Re*cum"bent (-bet), a. [L. recumbens, -entis, p. pr. of recumbere. See
Recumb, Incumbent.] Leaning; reclining; lying; as, the recumbent
posture of the Romans at their meals. Hence, figuratively; Resting;
inactive; idle. -- Re*cum"bent*ly, adv.
Re*cu"per*a*ble (r?*k?"p?r*?*b'l), a. [Cf.F. récup&?;rable. See
Recover.] Recoverable. Sir T. Elyot.
Re*cu"per*ate (-?t), v. i. [imp. &. p. p. Recuperated (-?`t?d); p. pr.
& vb. n. Recuperating.] [L. recuperatus, p. p. of recuperare. See
Recover to get again.] To recover health; to regain strength; to
convalesce.
Re*cu"per*ate, v. t. To recover; to regain; as, to recuperate the
health or strength.
Re*cu`per*a"tion (-?`sh?n), n.. [L. recuperatio: cf. F.
récup&?;ration.] Recovery, as of anything lost, especially of the
health or strength.
{ Re*cu"per*a*tive (-?*t?v), Re*cu"per*a*to*ry (- ?*t?*r?), } a. [L.
recuperativus, recuperatorius.] Of or pertaining to recuperation;
tending to recovery.
Re*cu"per*a`tor (r?*k?"pp?r*?`t?r), n. [Cf. L. recuperator a
recoverer.] (Steel Manuf.) Same as Regenerator.
Re*cur" (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recurred (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb.
n. Recurring.] [L. recurrere; pref. re- re- + currere to run. See
Current.] 1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again
to mind.
When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will
recur in the mind when the word is heard.