recognizable, recognisable

[Eng. recogniz(e); -able.] Capable of being recognized, known, or acknowledged. rěc-og-niz-a-blỹ, *rěo-og-nīş-a-bly, adverb , [Eng. recognizabl ( e ); -y.] In a recognizable manner; so as to be capable of recognition. "A man recognizably of fine talents."-Carlyle: Reminiscences, ii. 39. rě-cog-ni-zançe, rě-cog-ni-şançe (org silent), subst. [O. Fr. recoignisance , recognoi ance =a recognizing, from recognoi ant , pr. par. of recognois tre (Fr. reconnaître )=to recognize (q. v.); French reconnai ance .] IMG:content-0289.png:[blocks in formation] "And back recoil'd, he knew not why, E'en at the sound himself had made." Collins: The Pa ions. 5. To shrink through fear; to lack spirit or enter prise. "If the Prince had recoiled, he would have lost his popularity."-St. James' Gazette, Sept. 23, 1885. *6. To go back; to revert; to return in thought. Methought I did recoil IMG:content-0290.png:[ocr errors] Twenty-three years." Shakesp.: Winter's Tale, i. 2. IMG:content-0291.png:[blocks in formation] recombine A. Transitive : 1. To collect or gather together again; to collect what has been scattered (pron. re - col - léct ' ). 2. To recall to memory; to recover or recall the memory or knowledge of; to bring back to mind or memory; to remember. "Recollect all the particulars and circumstances of the iniquity." Cowley: Govt. of O. Cromwell. 3. To recover. (Used reflexively or in the pa. par.) *B. In trans.: To come together again; to reunite (pron.re- col - lěct ). Rěc-ol-lěct, Rec-ol-lêt ( t silent), a . & s. [Fr. récollet , from Lat. recollect us , so called from their recollection and strict observance of the rules of their Order.] A. As adj .: Belonging to, or characteristic of the Friars of the Strict Observance (q. v.). "There appear to to be at present [1884] three Recollect houses in Great Britain."- Addis & Arnold : Cath. Dict., p. 709. B. As substantive: Church Hist. ( pl .): A popular name for the Friars of the Strict Observance. "The Recollects were uninfected by Jansenism." -Addis & Arnold: Cath . Dict ., p. 709. rěc-ol-lěct-ěd, pa . par . or a. [RECOLLECT, v.) 1. Remembered, brought to mind. 2. Collected again in one's mind or spirits. "His strenuous spirit, recollected , calm." Thomson: Memory of Lord Talbot. *rěc-ol-lěct-ěd-ne , subst . [Eng. recollected ; -ne .] Memory, collectedne ; concentration of thought. "I spoke with recollectedne and power."- Bp . Wilber force, in Life , ii. 339.