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Recodes
- verb - put into a different code; rearrange mentally; "People recode and restructure information in order to remember it"
Recoils
- noun - a movement back from an impact
- come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"
- draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"
- spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
- spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
- the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
Records
- noun - a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books"
- a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase"
- a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long"
- an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record"
- anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques"
- be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?"
Recouch
- - To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
Recount
- noun - an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
- count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"
- narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
Recoupe
- - To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
Recoups
- verb - regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"
- reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
- retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments; "My employer is withholding taxes"
Recover
- verb - cover anew; "recover a chair"
- get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"
- get over an illness or shock; "The patient is recuperating"
- regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"
- regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"
- reuse (materials from waste products)
Recross
- - To cross a second time.
Recruit
- noun - a recently enlisted soldier
- any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)
- cause to assemble or enlist in the military; "raise an army"; "recruit new soldiers"
- register formally as a participant or member; "The party recruited many new members"
- seek to employ; "The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants"