reconnoiter, reconnoitre (tre as ter)

t. & i. [O. Fr. recognoistre, reconoistre (Fr. reconnaître)=to recognize (q. v.).] A. Transitive : 1. To examine by the eye; spec if., to make a reconnoi ance or preliminary survey of; to examine or survey, as a district, ., for military, geological, or engineering purposes. lect again. "He recon venting armes therefore." Warner: Albions England , bk. v., ch. xxvii. re-con-văn-tion, s. [Pref. re-, and Eng. convention (q. v.).] Law : An action by a defendant against a plain tiff in a former action; a cro bill or litigation. re-con-version, s. [Pref. re- , and Eng, conver sion (q. v.).] A second or renewed conversion. "Being zealously moved for the reconversion of the English."-Weever. IMG:content-0293.png:[blocks in formation] thus reconverted."-Milton: Hist . Eng ., bk. iv. re-con-vērt-i-ble, a . [Pref. re-, Eng. convert Chem.: Capable of being converted again to the original form. ible.]