v. t. To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcilableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ir- not + reconcilable: cf. F. irréconciliable. ] Not reconcilable; not able to be reconciled or brought into accord; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To prevent from being reconciled; to alienate or disaffect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being unreconciled; disagreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of reconciliation; disagreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Preconceived p. pr. & vb. n. Preconceiving. ] To conceive, or form an opinion of, beforehand; to form a previous notion or idea of. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a dead plain the way seemeth the longer, because the eye hath preconceived it shorter than the truth. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of preconceiving; conception or opinion previously formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Preconcerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Preconcerting. ] To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something concerted or arranged beforehand; a previous agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ly, adv. -- Pre`con*cert"ed*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of preconcerting; preconcert. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To condemn beforehand. -- Pre*con`dem*na"tion n. [1913 Webster]

n. A previous or antecedent condition; a preliminary condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To conform by way anticipation. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anticipative or antecedent conformity. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. préconiser. ] To proclaim; to publish; also, to summon; to call. [ Obs. ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praeconium a crying out in public, fr. praeco, -onis, a crier, a herald: cf. F. préconisation. ] 1. A publishing by proclamation; a public proclamation. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) A formal approbation by the pope of a person nominated to an ecclesiastical dignity. Addis & Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Eccl.) To approve by preconization. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To conquer in anticipation. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a state before consciousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A previous consent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Preconsigned p. pr. & vb. n. Preconsigning. ] To consign beforehand; to make a previous consignment of. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consolidated beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To constitute or establish beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a previous contract or agreement. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Precontracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Precontracting. ] To contract, engage, or stipulate previously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contract preceding another; especially (Law), a contract of marriage which, according to the ancient law, rendered void a subsequent marriage solemnized in violation of it. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To contrive or plan beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., p.p. of reconcentrar to inclose, to reconcentrate. ] Lit., one who has been reconcentrated; specif., in Cuba, the Philippines, etc., during the revolution of 1895-98, one of the rural noncombatants who were concentrated by the military authorities in areas surrounding the fortified towns, and later were reconcentrated in the smaller limits of the towns themselves. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. & i. To concentrate again; to concentrate thoroughly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The act of reconcentrating or the state of being reconcentrated; esp., the act or policy of concentrating the rural population in or about towns and villages for convenience in political or military administration, as in Cuba during the revolution of 1895-98. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. F. réconciliable. ] Capable of being reconciled; as, reconcilable adversaries; an act reconciable with previous acts. [ 1913 Webster ]

The different accounts of the numbers of ships are reconcilable. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reconciled p. pr. & vb. n. Reconciling. ] [ F. réconcilier, L. reconciliare; pref. re- re- + conciliare to bring together, to unite. See Conciliate. ] 1. To cause to be friendly again; to conciliate anew; to restore to friendship; to bring back to harmony; to cause to be no longer at variance; as, to reconcile persons who have quarreled. [ 1913 Webster ]

Propitious now and reconciled by prayer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The church [ if defiled ] is interdicted till it be reconciled [ i.e., restored to sanctity ] by the bishop. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

We pray you . . . be ye reconciled to God. 2 Cor. v. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring to acquiescence, content, or quiet submission; as, to reconcile one's self to affictions. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To make consistent or congruous; to bring to agreement or suitableness; -- followed by with or to. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great men among the ancients understood how to reconcile manual labor with affairs of state. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear,
Considered singly, or beheld too near;
Which, but proportioned to their light or place,
Due distance reconciles to form and grace. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To adjust; to settle; as, to reconcile differences. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To reunite; conciliate; placate; propitiate; pacify; appease. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become reconciled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Reconciliation. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reconciles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. réconciliation, L. reconciliatio. ] 1. The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reconciliation and friendship with God really form the basis of all rational and true enjoyment. S. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reduction to congruence or consistency; removal of inconsistency; harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

A clear and easy reconciliation of those seeming inconsistencies of Scripture. D. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Reconcilement; reunion; pacification; appeasement; propitiation; atonement; expiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving or tending to reconcile. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of recondensing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To condense again. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. reconditus, p. p. of recondere to put up again, to lay up, to conceal; pref. re- re- + condere to bring or lay together. See Abscond. ] 1. Hidden from the mental or intellectual view; secret; abstruse; as, recondite causes of things. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dealing in things abstruse; profound; searching; as, recondite studies. “Recondite learning.” Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. reconditorium. ] A repository; a storehouse. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To conduct back or again. “A guide to reconduct thy steps.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. re- + confirm: cf. F. reconfirmer. ] To confirm anew. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. réconforter. ] To recomfort; to comfort. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To join or conjoin anew. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. See Recognizance. ] The act of reconnoitering; preliminary examination or survey. Specifically: (a) (Geol.) An examination or survey of a region in reference to its general geological character. (b) (Engin.) An examination of a region as to its general natural features, preparatory to a more particular survey for the purposes of triangulation, or of determining the location of a public work. (c) (Mil.) An examination of a territory, or of an enemy's position, for the purpose of obtaining information necessary for directing military operations; a preparatory expedition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reconnoissance in force (Mil.), a demonstration or attack by a large force of troops for the purpose of discovering the position and strength of an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ F. reconnoitre, a former spelling of reconnaître. See Recognize. ] 1. To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To recognize. [ Obs. ] Sir H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]