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Rebus
n.
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A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations.
Rebus
n.
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A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting.
Rebus
v. t.
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To mark or indicate by a rebus.
Rebutted
imp. & p. p.
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of Rebut
Rebutting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Rebut
Rebut
v. t.
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To drive or beat back; to repulse.
Rebut
v. t.
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To contradict, meet, or oppose by argument, plea, or countervailing proof.
Rebut
v. i.
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To retire; to recoil.
Rebut
v. i.
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To make, or put in, an answer, as to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
Rebutter
n.
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The answer of a defendant in matter of fact to a plaintiff's surrejoinder.
Recadency
n.
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A falling back or descending a second time; a relapse.
Recalcitrant
a.
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Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory.
Recalcitrate
v. t.
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To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.
Recalcitrate
v. i.
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To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.
Recall
v. t.
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To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
Recall
v. t.
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To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree.
Recall
v. t.
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To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
Recall
n.
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A calling back; a revocation.
Recall
n.
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A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.
Recallable
a.
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Capable of being recalled.
Recallment
n.
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Recall.
Recanting
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Recant
Recant
v. t.
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To withdraw or repudiate formally and publicly (opinions formerly expressed); to contradict, as a former declaration; to take back openly; to retract; to recall.
Recant
v. i.
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To revoke a declaration or proposition; to unsay what has been said; to retract; as, convince me that I am wrong, and I will recant.
Recantation
n.
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The act of recanting; a declaration that contradicts a former one; that which is thus asserted in contradiction; retraction.
Recanter
n.
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One who recants.
Recapacitate
v. t.
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To qualify again; to confer capacity on again.
Recapitulate
v. t.
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To repeat, as the principal points in a discourse, argument, or essay; to give a summary of the principal facts, points, or arguments of; to relate in brief; to summarize.
Recapitulate
v. i.
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To sum up, or enumerate by heads or topics, what has been previously said; to repeat briefly the substance.
Recapitulation
n.
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The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay.