*recueillir, v.a., to gather, to get in; to reap; to get together, to collect; to pick up; to receive, to take in, to shelter. — une succession; to inherit an estate. — ses esprits; to collect one’s self. — ses forces; to collect one’s strength. — les voix; to collect the votes.
se recueillir, v.r., to collect one’s self, to collect one’s thoughts; to wrap one’s self up in pious meditation. — en soi-même; to retire within one’s self, to commune with one’s self; to reflect.
recuire, v.a., to cook, or do, again; to boil over again; to bake over again; (manu.) to anneal. — des métaux; to anneal metals.
recuit, -e, part., boiled, baked, or roasted again. Cela est cuit et —; that is done to rags.
recuit, n.m., or recuite, n.f., annealing (of metals, glass); reheating (liquids).
recul, n.m., recoil; kicking (of fire-arms).
reculade, n.f., falling back; retreat; backing (of carriages). Honteuse —; shameful retreat. Faire une —; to beat a retreat.
reculé, -e, part., put back; distant, remote; backward, behind (in learning). La postérité la plus —e; the remotest posterity.
reculée, n.f., (l.u.) backing-space; moving back. Feu de —; (l.u.) roasting fire.
reculement (-kul-mān), n.m., drawing back; backing (of carriages); breech (of saddles).