record (rekord)

[ Preyeth to God, lord of misericorde, Our olde giltes that he nat recorde . Chaucer, Mother of God, 1. 119. In solitary silence, far from wight, He gan record the lamentable stowre In which his wretched love lay day and night. Spenser, F. Q., IV. xii. 19. 21. To recall (to another's mind); remind. Ye woote youre forward, and I it you recorde. reconstruction ary (re-kon-struk's hon-ā-ri), a . Chesterfield . [ reconstruction + -ary .] Of or pertaining to reconstruction, especially to reconstruction in the southern United States: as, " reconstruc- 3t. To bring to mind; suggest. He had set himself to reconsider his worn suits of clothes, to leave off meat for breakfast, to do without periodicals. George Eliot , Daniel Deronda, xxiv. 2. In parliamentary language, to take into consideration a second time, generally with the view of rescinding or of amending: as, to re consider a motion in a legislative body; to re consider a vote. It is believed the motion to reconsider , as in use in this country [the United States], is of American origin. Cushing, Manual of Parliamentary Practice, § 257