reconstituent (rekonstituent)

Reconstituting; forming anew; ng anew; giving a a new character or constitution to. Nature, XL. 636. [Rare.] reconstitute (rē-kon's ti-tut), v. t. [ reconstitution (rē-kon-sti-tūʻshon), n. [F. reconstitution; as reconstitute + -ion.] The act or proce of forming anew, or of bringing to gether again the parts or constituents of any thing that has been broken up or destroyed. No thorough reconstitution of the council was, however, made during the reign. Stubbs, Const. Hist., § 367. IMG:content-1755.png:[blocks in formation] Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 829. For every other wey ye kan recorde , Myn herte ywis may therwith noght acorde. Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 1518. 4t. To see or know by personal presence; bear witne to; attest. For the i that mi eden here mete wold make gret noyse, & record it redeli in Rome al a-boute. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1828. And alle ryghtful record eden that Reson treuthe seyde. Piers Plowman (C), v. 151. How proud I am of thee and of thy gifts Rome shall record . Shak., Tit. And., i. 1. 255. 5. To recite; repeat; sing; play. Lay al this mene while Troylus Recordynge his le on in this manere: "Ma fey!" thoght he, "thus wol I seye and thus." Chaucer , Troilus, iii. 51. And to the nightingale's complaining notes Tune my distre es and record my woes. Shak., T. G. of V., v. 4. 6. For you are fellows only know by rote, As birds record their le ons. IMG:content-1756.png:[blocks in formation] The Levites were recorded . chief of the fathers. Neh. xii. 22. That he do record a gift, Here in the court, of all he dies po e 'd, Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter. Shak., M. of V., iv. 1. 388. And I recorded what I heard, A le on for mankind. Cowper , The Doves. 7. To mark distinctly. [Rare.] So even and morn recorded the third day. Milton, P. L., vii. 338. 8. Figuratively, to imprint deeply on the mind or memory: as, to record the sayings of another in the heart. - Recording bell, secretary, telegraph, etc. See the nouns. - Recording gage, a gage provided with means for leaving a visible record of its indications. Syn. 6. Record, Register, Chronicle, Enroll, En list. To record events, facts, words; to register persons, voters, things; to enroll volunteers, scholars; to chronicle The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia 2. To sing or repeat a tune: now only of birds. She had no sooner ended with the joining her sweet lips together but that he recorded to her music like rural poesy; and with the conclusion of his song he embraced her. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, iii. Sweet robin, linnet, thrush, Record from every bush. forum, which are filed and registered as containing a per- manent memorial of the e ential features of the adjudi- cation.- To beat, break, or cut the record, in contests of speed, skill, endurance, etc., to surpa any recorded ex- ploit in the line in question: as, to break the record for the running jump. [Colloq.] - To discharge of record. See discharge. - To falsify a record. See falsify . - Trial by record, a common-law mode of trial, had when a matter of record is pleaded and the opposite party pleads that there is no such record. The trial is by inspection of the record itself; no other evidence is admi ible. Syn. 4. Note, chronicle, account, minute, memorandum. recordable (re-kôr da-bl), a. 1. Capable of rec- B. Jonson, The Penates. ordation or being known as past.-2. t.-2. Worthy Chaucer, Death of Blanche, 1. 934. Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true. John viii. 14. Heaven be the record to my speech! Shak., Rich. II., i. 1. 30. The record of a namele woe In the dim eye's imploring stare. 21. Memory; remembrance. Vio. My father. birth of being recorded; deserving of record. Of very important, very recordable events, it was not more productive than such meetings usually are. Jane Austen , Emma, xxxviii. record an cet (rē-kôr'dans), n . [ recorder , remember: see record.] Remembrance; recollection. Howell, Letters. recordari facias loquelam (rek-ôr-dā'rī fāʻshi- as lō-kwēʻlam). [So called from these words in the writ, in the L. (ML.) form, lit. 'cause the complaint to be recorded': L. recordari , pa . of record are, usually deponent recordari , remem- ber, ML. also recite, record; facias , 2d pers. sing. pres. subj. (in impv. use) of facere , make, cause; loquelam , acc. of loquela , complaint.] In law , an old writ directed to the sheriff to make a record of the proceedings of a cause depending in an inferior court, and remove the same to the King's (Queen's) Bench or Common Pleas. IMG:content-1758.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1759.png:[blocks in formation] E. record a cion ; recordation , record a cion , F. recordation = Pr. record a cio = Sp. record a- cion = Pg. record ação = It. ricordazione , recordatio (n-), recalling to mind, recollection, remembrance, recordari , remember: see rec- ord.] 1. Recollection; remembrance. For suche as be in sorowe, care, or peyne can not sleape soundely, for the often record a cion of theyr euils. Udall , Flowers, fol. 138. To rain upon remembrance with mine eyes, That it may grow and sprout as high as heaven, For recordation to my noble husband. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., ii. 3. 61. Sinfull man, whose very heart should bleed With recordation of soe straunge a deed. 2. The act of recording; also, a record; a re- gister. I think that the wittes of many readers haue diuerted from the weyght of great affaires, to the recordation of such pleasaunt thynges. Peter Martyr (tr. in Eden's First Books on America, ed. [Arber, p. 200). Why stay we, then? Tro. To make a recordation to my soul Of every syllable that here was spoke. Shak ., T. and C., v. 2. 116. Papers pertaining to the probate and recordation of Code of Virginia , 1873, clv. § 7. recorder (rē-kôr dėr), n. [ recorder , a pipe, *record our, record owre, a witne , record a dor , recorder, = It. ricor- datore , remembrancer, record at or , a re- corder, recordari , remember: see record .] 11. One who bears witne ; a witne . Prompt. Parv ., p. 426.-2. One who records; specifi- cally, a person whose official duty is to register writings or transactions, as the keeper of the rolls of a city, or the like. I... asked the mayor what meant this wilful silence; His answer was, the people were not wont To be spoke to but by the recorder . To fine the faults whose fine stands in record , And let go by the actor. Shak ., M. for M., ii. 2. 40. in a city or borough. [The designation is little used in the United States except in the State of New York.]-4t. A musical instrument of the flageolet family, having a long tube with seven holes and a mouthpiece. In some cases an eighth hole, covered with gold-beaters' skin, appears near the mouthpiece, apparently to influence the quality of the tone. The compa of the instrument was about two oc- taves. Also record . IMG:content-1760.jpg:[merged small][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][graphic][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed] recordership (rē-kôr'dėr-ship), n. [ recorder +-ship.] The office of recorder; also, the pe- riod during which a person holds this office. record-office (rek'ord-of"is), n. A place where public records are kept and may be consulted. rec or por if i cation (re-kôr pō-ri-fi-kā shon), n. [ corporification .] The act of embody- ing again, or the state of being reëmbodied; the state of being invested anew with a body. Boyle , Works, III. 53. [Rare.] recouch (re-kouch'), v . i. [ re- + couch, v.] To lie down again; retire again to a couch. Sir H. Wotton , Reliquiæ, p. 386. [Rare.] recounselt, v. t. A Middle English form of reconcile. recount1 (re-kount'), v . t. [Early mod. E. also recompt ; recompten , reconter (cf. F. raconter ) = Sp. Pg. recontar = It. ricontare , , recall to mind, narrate, count, relate, com put are , count, com- pute: see count1 .] 1. To relate in detail; recite; tell or narrate the particulars of; rehearse. Lyly , Euphues, Anat. of Wit, p. 143. I must Once in a month recount what thou hast been. Shak ., Tempest, i. 2. 262. The lawyer. Went angling down the Saco, and, returning, Recounted his adventures and mishaps. Whittier, Bridal of Penna cook. O, the recorders ! let me see one.... Will you play upon 2t. To account; consider. this pipe? Shak ., Hamlet, iii. 2. 360. Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders. Milton , P. L., i. 551. 5. A registering apparatus; specifically, in te- leg ., a receiving instrument in which a perm a- nent record of the signals is made. In the earlier form, as invented by Morse, the record was made by em- bo ing on a ribbon of paper by means of a style fixed to one end of a lever, which carried at the other end the armature of an electromagnet. Several devices for using recountal