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| REBUKE | | —v. (-king) express sharp disapproval to (a person) for a fault; censure. —n. Rebuking or being rebuked. [anglo-french] | |
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| RECALL | | —v. - summon to return.
- recollect, remember.
- bring back to memory; serve as a reminder of.
- revoke or annul (an action or decision).
- revive, resuscitate.
- take back (a gift). —n. - summons to come back.
- act of remembering.
- ability to remember.
- possibility of recalling, esp. In the sense of revoking (beyond recall). | |
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| RECANT | | v. (also absol.) Withdraw and renounce (a former belief or statement) as erroneous or heretical. recantation n. [latin: related to *chant] | |
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| RECAST | | —v. (past and past part. Recast) 1 cast again (a play, net, votes, etc.).
- put into a new form; improve the arrangement of. —n. - recasting.
- recast form. | |
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| RECEDE | | v. (-ding) 1 go or shrink back or further off.
- be left at an increasing distance by an observer's motion.
- slope backwards (a receding chin).
- decline in force or value. [latin recedere -cess-: related to *cede] | |
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| RECENT | | —adj. - not long past; that happened, began to exist, or existed, lately.
- not long established; lately begun; modern.
- (recent) geol. Of the most recent epoch of the quaternary period. —n. (recent) geol. This epoch. recently adv. [latin recens -ent-] | |
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| RECESS | | —n. - space set back in a wall.
- (often in pl.) Remote or secret place.
- temporary cessation from work, esp. Of parliament. —v. - make a recess in.
- place in a recess.
- us take a recess; adjourn. [latin recessus: related to *recede] | |
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| RECIPE | | n. - statement of the ingredients and procedure required for preparing a cooked dish.
- (foll. By for) certain means to (an outcome) (recipe for disaster). [2nd sing. Imperative of latin recipio *receive] | |
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| RECITE | | v. (-ting) 1 repeat aloud or declaim (a poem or passage) from memory.
- give a recitation.
- enumerate. [latin recito read out] | |
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| RECKON | | v. - (often foll. By that) be of the considered opinion; think.
- consider or regard (reckoned to be the best).
- count or compute by calculation.
- (foll. By in) count in or include in computation.
- make calculations; add up an account or sum.
- (foll. By on) rely on, count on, or base plans on.
- (foll. By with or without) take (or fail to take) into account. [old english] | |
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