adj. - tending to recede.

- (of an inherited characteristic) appearing in offspring only when not masked by an inherited dominant characteristic.

adj. - carefully sought out; rare or exotic.

- far-fetched. [french]

n. Person who receives something. [italian or latin: related to *receive]

n. - counting or calculating.

- consideration or opinion.

- settlement of an account.

v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing) 1 identify as already known.

- realize or discover the nature of.

- (foll. By that) realize or admit.

- acknowledge the existence, validity, character, or claims of.

- show appreciation of; reward.

- (foll. By as, for) treat. recognizable adj. [latin recognosco]

v. - remember.

- succeed in remembering; call to mind. [latin recolligo: related to *collect1]

v. (-ning) combine again or differently.

v. - suggest as fit for some purpose or use.

- advise as a course of action etc.

- (of qualities, conduct, etc.) Make acceptable or desirable.

- (foll. By to) commend or entrust (to a person or a person's care). recommendation n. [medieval latin: related to *re-]

v. (-ling) 1 make friendly again after an estrangement.

- (usu. In refl. Or passive; foll. By to) make acquiescent or contentedly submissive to (something disagreeable).

- settle (a quarrel etc.).

- a harmonize, make compatible. B show the compatibility of by argument or in practice. reconcilable adj. Reconciliation n. [latin: related to *conciliate]

adj. - (of a subject or knowledge) abstruse, out of the way, little known.

- (of an author or style) dealing in abstruse knowledge or allusions, obscure. [latin recondo -dit- put away]