receiving office

A branch post-office where letters, parcels, ., are received for transmi ion, but from which no letters, ., are delivered to the addre es. ( Eng. ) receiving-ship, s. Navy : A ship in which supernumeraries or men entered for the navy are temporarily quartered. re-çěl-ě-brāte, v . t . [Pref. re- , and English cele brate (q. v.).] To celebrate anew or a second time. "And with their chained dance Recelebrates the joyful match." Ben Jonson: To Ed. Filmer. re-çěl-ě-brā-tion, s . [Pref. re- , and Eng. cele bration (q. v.).] The act of celebrating anew or a second time; a second or repeated celebration. re-çen-çỹ, s. [Low Latin recent i a, from Latin recens recent (q.v.); Fr. récence.] 1. The quality or state of being recent; newne ; new state or origin. 2. The quality or state of being recent or late in time; latene in time; freshne ; as, the recency of an event. IMG:content-0274.png:[blocks in formation] 1. New; of late origin or existence; having happened recently. 2. Late; not of remote date; not antique; modern. 3. Fresh; not old; only lately made known or spoken of; as, recent intelligence. 4. Newly or lately come. "A mph i try on recent from the nether sphere." Lewis: Statius; Thebaid viii. II. Geol .: A term applied to a division of the Post-Tertiary in which all the mammal i a, as well as all the shells, are identical with living species. In certain places it is difficult to draw a distinction between the Recent and the Pleistocene deposits. Alluvium brought down by rivers, modern peat, the Clyde marine strata with canoes, the Kitchen middens of Denmark, and the Lake-dwellings of Switzerland belong to the recent period. rē-çën-tër, rē-çěn-tre (tre as tēr), v. t. [Pref. re-, and Eng. center (q. v.).] To restore or return to the center. "I recenter my immortal mind." Cole ridge: To the Departing Year. re-çent-lý, adv. [English recent; -ly.] Newly, lately, freshly; not long since. rë -çent-ne , s . [English recent; -ne .] The quality or state of being recent; recency, newne , freshne ; latene of origin or occurrence. "This inference of the recentne of mankind."-Hale: Orig. of Mankind , p. 167.