Rechabitism (rekabitizm)

[ The praises of Rechabitism afford just as good an opportunity for the exhibition of sportive fancy and a lively humor as lyrical panegyrics on the most exquisite vintage of France or the Rhine. R. J. Hinton , Eng. Radical Leaders, p. 220. 2. The principles and practice of the Independent Order of Rechabites. The advantages which Rechabitism offered above other friendly societies. Rechabite Mag ., July, 1886, p. 175. ( Encyc . Dict .) rechantt (re-chant'), v . t . and i. [ re- + chant . Cf. recant .] To chant in alternation; sing antiphonally. Hark, hark the cheer full and re - chaunting cries Of old and young singing this ioyfull Dittie. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Handy-Crafts. rechase (re-chas'), v. t. [ Withynne a while the herte y-founde ys, I-hallowed, and rechased faste Longe time. Chaucer , Death of Blanche, 1. 379. Then these a ail; then those re - chase again; Till stay'd with new-made hills of bodies slain. Daniel, Civil Wars, iv. 47. 2. To call back (hounds) from a wrong scent. rechaset, n. [ rechase , v.] A call (in hunting). Seven score raches at his rechase. Squyr of Lowe Degré , 1. 772. ( Hall i well .) Same as recheat . rechatet, n . and v . réchauffé (rā-shō-fā'), n . [F., pp. of réchauffer , dial. récaufer , recofer , warm up, warm over, échauffer , warm, excalfacere , warm: see excalfaction , and cf. eschaufe , chafe .] A warmed-up dish; hence, a new concoction of old materials; a literary rehash. We suffer old plots willingly in novels, and endure without murmur réchauffés of the most ancient stock of fiction. Saturday Rev. rechet, v. An old spelling of reach1 . recheatt (re-chet'), п . [Early mod. E. also re- chate, receit ; recet , receit , etc., also rechet , rechiet , a retreat, refuge: see receipt .] In hunt- ing , a melody which the huntsman winds on the horn to call back the dogs from a wrong course, or to call them off at the close of the hunt; a recall on the horn. In hunting I had as leeve stand at the receit as at the Lyly , Euphues. ( Nares .) loosing. That I will have a recheat winded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an invisible baldrick, all women shall pardon me. Shak ., Much Ado, i. 1. 242. recheatt (re-chēt), v. i. [Early mod. E. also re chate; Huntes hyzed hem the der, with hornez ful mony Ay rechatande aryzt til thay the renk sezen. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1911. Rec hating with his horn, which then the hunter chears, Whilst still the lusty stag his high-palm'd head up-bears. Drayton, Polyolbion, xiii. 127. recherché (ré-sher'shā), a. [F., pp. of recher cher, seek again:: see research.] Much sought after; hence, out of the common; rare; dainty. We thought it a more savoury meat than any of the re cherché culinary curiosities of the lamented Soyer. Capt . M. Thomson , Story of Cawnpore, v. rechristen (rē-kris'n), v . t . [ christen .] To christen or name again; fix a new name upon. A Rechabite poor Will must live, And drink of Adam's Ale. rec i div at i on falling back, Rec i div at i on is so much more dangerous than our first sickne , as our natural strength is then the more feebled, Rev. T. Adams , Works, I. 447. and unable to endure means of restoring. recidivist (rē-sid'i-vist), n. [ The French Cabinet offered a pledge that no recidivists should be sent to the islands. Applet on's Ann . Cyc ., 1886, p. 60. recidivoust (rē-sid'i-vus), a . [= OF. recidif = It. recidivo , recidivus , falling back, returning, recurring, recidere , reccidere , fall back, re- , back, + cadere , fall: see cadent .] Liable to backslide to a former state. Imp . Dict .