recrimination 
2. In law, an accusation, brought by an accused 
person against the accuser, of being in a simi- 
lar guilt as charged, or derelict in a correspond- 
ing duty; a counter-accusation. 
recriminative (re-krim'i-na-tiv), . [< recrimi- 
nate + -ive.] Of the nature of or pertaining to 
recrimination ; indulging in recrimination ; re- 
criminatory. Imp. Met. 
recriminator (re-krim'i-na-tor), . [Cf. F. re- 
criminateur = Sp. reeriminador, one who recrim- 
inates, recriminating; as recriminate + -or 1 ."] 
One who recriminates; one who accuses the 
accuser of a like crime. 
recriminatory (re-krim'i-na-to-ri), a. [= F. 
recrimitiatoire = Pg. recriminatorio ; as recrimi- 
nate + -on/.] Retorting accusation; recrimi- 
nating. 
They seem to have been so entirely occupied with the 
defence of the French directory, BO very eager in finding 
recriminatory precedents to justify every act of its intol- 
erable insolence. Burke, A Regicide Peace, ill. 
recrossed (re-krosf), a. In her. : (a) Having 
the ends crossed. (6) Same as crossed when 
noting a crosslet: thus, a cross crosslet re- 
crossed is the same as a cross crosslet crossed. 
recrucify (re-kro'si-fi), v. t. [< re- + crucify.'] 
To crucify again. 
By it [wilful sin) we do, as the Apostle teaches, recrucify 
the Son of God, and again expose Him to open shame. 
Borrow, Works, VI. 79. 
recrudency (re-kro'den-si), n. [As recrud(esce) 
+ -ency."] Same as recrudescence. 
recrudesce (re-krp-des'), ' ; pret. and pp. 
recrudesced, ppr. recrudescing. [= Pg. recrv- 
descer, < L. recrudescere, become raw again, 
< re-, back, again, 4- crudescere, grow harsh, < 
crudiis, raw: see crude.] 1. To become raw 
or exacerbated again. 2. To revive; become 
alive again ; be renewed. 
Ideas which have made no part of the waking life are 
apt to recrudesce in the sleep-waking state. 
Mind, IX. 118. 
recrudescence (re-krij-des'ens), . [< F. recru- 
descence = Sp. Pg. recrudescencia ; as recrudes- 
cen(t) + -ce.] 1. The state of being recrudes- 
cent, or becoming raw or exacerbated again. 
Hence 2. A reopening; renewal; a coming 
into existence anew; a fresh outbreak. 
The king required some regulations should be made for 
obviating the recrudescence of those ignoramus abuses for 
the future that had been so scandalous before. 
Roger North, Examen, p. 032. (Dames.) 
That recrudescence of military organization which fol- 
lowed the Conquest. H. Spencer, Prin. of Sociol., 525. 
3. In mcd., increased activity of a disease or 
morbid process after partial recovery. 
A kind of recrudescence [of scarlet feverl but without 
the reappearance of the rash, would seem possible up to 
the eighth week. Quain, Med. Diet., p. 1392. 
4. In but., the production of a fresh shoot from 
the top of a ripened spike. 
recrudescency (re-krij-des'en-si), n. [As re- 
crudescence (see -cy).] Same as recrudescence. 
Browning, Ring and Book, I. 578. 
recrudescent (re-krij-des'ent), a. [= Pg. re- 
crudescente, < L. recrudescen(t-)s, ppr. of recru- 
descere, break out afresh, become raw again, 
< re-, again, + crudescere, become raw.] 1. 
Growing raw, sore, or painful again. 2. Com- 
ing into existence or renewed vigor again. 
recruit (rf-krof), v. [Formerly also recrute; 
= D. recruteren = G. recruticren = Dan. rekru- 
tere = Sw. rekrytera, < OF. recruter, levy, prop. 
recluter, mend, = Pg. recrutnr, reclutar, levy, = 
Sp. reclutar, complete, supply, also recruit, = 
It. reclutare, complete, levy,< ML. reclutare (af- 
ter Rom.), recruit, orig. mend, patch, < L. re- 
+ Teut. (AS.) clut (> OF. clut), clout, lit. 'rag,' 
'piece': see clout 1 . The orig. sense was forgot- 
ten, and confusion ensued with OF. recreue, re- 
crue, a supply, spare stores, etc., recrue, a levy 
of troops, prop, an addition, supply, fern, of 
reereu, F. recru, pp. of recroitre, recroistre, 
grow again, < L. re-, again, + crescere, grow, 
increase : see crease^, increase, etc. Cf . accrew, 
recrew, crew 1 .] I. trans. 1. To repair by fresh 
supplies; supply lack or deficiency in. 
Her cheeks glow the brighter, recruiting their colour. 
Granville, Phyllis Drinking. 
2. To restore the wasted vigor of ; renew the 
health, spirits, or strength of; refresh: as, to 
recruit one's health. 
And so I began the world anew ; and by the blessing 
of God, was again pretty well recruited before I left this 
town. R Enox (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 886). 
I sat down and talked with the family while our guide 
recruited himself with a large dish of thick sour milk. 
B. Taylor, Northern Travel, p. 419. 
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3. To supply with new men ; specifically, to sup- 
ply with new men for any deficiency of troops ; 
make up by enlistment : as, to recruit an army. 
His [Amurath's] forces, . . . though daily recruited by 
the new supplies which came to them, yet mouldred 
away. North, tr. of Theuet's Lives. 
The Frank population of Cyprus . . . was either con- 
stantly diminishing or recruited by arrivals from the West. 
Stubts, Medieval and Modern Hist, p. 168. 
4. To provision ; take supplies on board of, as 
a vessel: as in the phrase to recruit nlii]>. = &yn. 
Reinforce, replenish. 
II. intrans. 1. To gain new supplies of any- 
thing lost or wasted ; gain flesh, health, spirits, 
etc. 
My master, said I, honest Thomas ... is come to Bath 
to recruit. Yes, sir, I said to recruit and whether for 
men, money, or constitution, you know, sir, is nothing to 
him, nor any one else. Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 1. 
2. To gain new supplies of men for any object ; 
specifically, to raise new soldiers. 
When a student in Holland he there met Carstairs, on 
a mission into that country to recruit for persons qualified 
to fill the chairs in the several universities of Scotland. 
Sir W. Hamilton. 
3. To enter port for supplies, as a vessel, 
recruit (re-kr<it'),tt. [=D. recruut = Q. recrut = 
Dan. rekrut = Sw. rekryt, < OF. recreate = Sp. 
recluta = Pg. recrttta = It. recluta, recruit; 
from the verb, confused in OF. with recreue, 
a supply, recrue, a levy of troops.] 1. A fresh 
supply of anything wasted or used, as of pro- 
visions and supplies on shipboard, etc. 
Carrying also plentiful recruits of provisions. 
Beverlcy, Virginia, L It 9. 
A Recruit of new People. Hoteett, Letters, I. i. 38. 
The state is to have recruits to its strength, and reme- 
dies to its distempers. Burke. 
2. A soldier or sailor newly enlisted to supply 
the deficiency of an army or a navy; one who 
has newly filled a vacancy in anybody or class 
of persons. 
The powers of Troy 
With fresh recruits their youthful chief sustain. 
Dryden. 
3. A substitute for something wan ting. [Rare.] 
Whatever Nature has in worth deny'd, 
She gives in large recruits of needful pride. 
Pope, Essay on Criticism, 1. 20& 
Port Of recruit (nawt.), a recruiting-station. 
recruital (re-kro'tal), n. [< recruit + -al.~\ A 
renewed supply of anything lost or exhausted, 
especially of strength or vigor, bodily or men- 
tal. [Rare.] 
Shortly after this communion Mr. Chalmers sought re- 
lief and recruital in an excursion to Fifeshire. 
IF. Banna., Chalmers, II. 65. 
recruiter (re-kro'ter), n. One who recruits. 
recruithood (re-krot'hud), n. [< recruit + 
-Aoorf.] The condition of a recruit; the state 
or the period of being a recruit. [Rare.] 
Old soldiers who read this will remember their green 
recruithood and smile assent. The Century, XXIX. 108. 
recruiting-ground (re-kro'ting-ground), n. A 
place or region where recruits are or may be 
obtained. 
The murderers of Cesar had turned the provinces which 
they governed into one vast recruiting -ground for a last 
decisive struggle. W. W. Capes, The Early Empire, Int. 
recruiting-party (re-kro'ting-par'ti), n. A 
number of soldiers, in charge of an officer or 
a non-commissioned officer, who are detached 
from their regiment or post for the purpose of 
enlisting recruits. 
recruiting-sergeant (re-kro'ting-sar < 'jent), n. 
A sergeant deputed to enlist recruits. 
recruitment (re-krot'ment), n. [< F. recrute- 
ment = Sp. reclutamiento = Pg. recrutamento, 
the act of recruiting ; as recruit + -ment.~] The 
act or business of recruiting; the act of rais- 
ing new supplies of men for an army or a navy. 
The theoretical recruitment is partly voluntary and part- 
ly by lot for the militia. Fortnightly Rev., N. 8., X LIII. 40. 
Rec. Sec. An abbreviation of Recording Sec- 
retary. 
rectt, a. [ME., < L. rectus, straight, direct, 
right: see right."] Direct; immediate. 
Thus ys mede and mercede as two manere relacions, 
Rect and indyrect. Piers Plmcman (C\ iv. 336. 
rect. An abbreviation of (a) in pharmacy, 
(rectificatus) rectified; (b) rector. 
recta, . Plural of rectum. 
rectal (rek'tal), a. [< rectum + -al.~] Pertain- 
ing to or connected with the rectum or straight 
gut : as, rectal parts or organs ; rectal disease, 
operation, instrument; rectal action, evacua- 
tion Rectal alimentation, the administration of 
enemeta containing food specially prepared for absorp- 
tion by the mucous membrane of the large intestine. 
rectification 
Rectal anaesthesia, the administration of ether or other 
anesthetics by the rectum. Rectal chemise. See che- 
mise. Rectal crises, paroxysms of pain in the rectum, 
often with teiiesinus, and sensations asot a foreign body, 
met with in cases of locomotor ataxia. Rectal dia- 
phragm, the sheet of muscles closing the rectal outlet 
of the pelvis, consisting of the sphincter ani exteruus 
superficially, and a deeper layer composed of the levator 
ani and coccygeus. Rectal nssure, a very painful crack- 
like opening in the mucous membrane of the lower part of 
the rectum. Rectal glands. See gland. 
rectalgia (rek-tal'ji-a), n. [NL., < rectum, rec- 
tum, + Gr. o/ljof, pain.] Neuralgia of the rec- 
tum: same as proctalnin. 
rectangle (rek'tang-gl), a. and n. [< OF. (and 
F.) rectangle = Sp. rectdngulo = Pg. rectangulo 
= It. rettangolo, rectangular, a rectangle, < 
LL. rectiangulum, having a right angle, < rec- 
tus, right, T angulus, an angle : see right and 
angle 3 .'] I.t a. Rectangular; right-angled. 
If all Athens should decree that ... in rectangle tri- 
angles the square which is made of the side that sub- 
tendeth the right angle is equal to the squares which are 
made of the sides containing the right angle, . . . geo- 
metricians . . . would not receive satisfaction without 
demonstration thereof. .Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., i. 7. 
II. n. 1. A quadrilateral plane figure having 
all its angles right angles 
and its opposite sides conse- 
quently equal. When the adja- 
cent sides are equal, it is a square. 
The area of a rectangle is equal to 
the product of two adjacent sides ; 
thus, if its sides measure 6 feet and 
4 feet, its area is 24 square feet. 
Rectangle. 
2. The product of two lengths. Thus, especially 
in old books, "the rectangle under two lines " is spoken of, 
meaning substantially the product of their lengths. 
3f. A right angle. 
Th' acute, and the rtct-Angles too, 
Stride not so wide as obtuse Angles doo. 
Sylvester, tr. of Du BarUts's Weeks, li., The Columnes. 
rectangled (rek'tang-gld), a. [< rectangle + 
-ed%.~] 1. Having a right angle or right an- 
gles ; right-angled. 2. In 
her., forming a right angle, 
or broken twice, forming two 
right angles: said of a he- 
raldic line and also of a di- 
vision of the field so bounded 
by it: as, a chief rectangled. 
Fesse rectangled. BMJMI, 
rectangular (rek - tang ' gli - Arjent, Chief Rec- 
liir), . [= F. rectangulaire ta "K |ed Kules - 
= Sp. Pg. rectangular, < L. rectangulus, rectan- 
gled: see rectangle.] Right-angled; having an 
angle or angles of ninety degrees Rectangular 
coordinates, in analytical geom. See coordinate. Rec- 
tangular hyperbola, a hyperbola whose asymptotes 
are at right angles to one another. 
Rectangular map - proj ectlon. 
See projectvm. Rectangular solid, 
in geom., a solid whose axis is perpen- 
dicular to its base. 
rectangularity (rek -tang- gu- 
lar'i-ti), n. [< F. rectaiigularite ; 
as rectangular + -ity.] The qual- 
ity or state of being rectangu- 
lar or right-angled; rectangu- 
larness. 
rectangularly (rek-tang'gu-lar-li), adv. In a 
rectangular manner; with or at right angles. 
Rectangularly polarized, in optics, oppositely po- 
larized. 
rectangularness (rek-tang'gu-lar-nes), n. Rec- 
tangularity. Imp. Diet. 
rectascension (rek-ta-sen'shon), n. [< L. rectus, 
right, -f ascensio(n-), ascension.] In astron., 
right ascension. 
recti, ". Plural of rectvs. 
recticruraeus (rek'ti-krij-re'us), .; pi. recticru- 
rsei (-1). [NL., < L. rectus, straight, + cms (crur-), 
leg: see crursms.~] The straight muscle of the 
front of the thigh ; the rectus femoris. Coves. 
rectifiable (rek'ti-fl-a-bl), a. [< F. rectifiable 
= Sp. rectificable = Pg. rectificavel; as rectify 
+ -able.] 1. Capable of being rectified, cor- 
rected, or set right: as, a rectifiable mistake. 
2. In geom., said of a curve admitting the con- 
struction of a straight line equal in length to 
any definite part of the curve. 
rectification (rek'ti-fi-ka'shon), n. [< OF. (and 
F.) rectification = Pr. rectifcatio = Sp. rectift- 
cacion = Pg. reclificafSo = It. rettificazione, < 
ML. rectificatio(n-), < rectificare, rectify: see 
rectify.'} The act or operation of rectifying. 
(a) The act of correcting, amending, or setting right that 
which is wrong or erroneous : as, the rectification of errors, 
mistakes, or abuses. 
The proper rectification of the expression would be to 
insert the adverb as. H. Blair, Rhetoric, xxii. 
(b) The process of refining a substance by repeated or 
fractional distillation : it is in this way freed from other 
substances which are either more or less volatile than 
