RECOGNIZEE
Re*cog`ni*zee", n. (Law)
Defn: The person in whose favor a recognizance is made. [Written also recognisee.] Blackstone.
RECOGNIZER
Rec"og*ni`zer, n.
Defn: One who recognizes; a recognizor. [Written also recogniser.]
RECOGNIZOR; RECOGNISOR
Re*cog`ni*zor", Re*cog`ni*sor", n. (Law)
Defn: One who enters into a recognizance. [Written also recognisor.]
Blackstone.
RECOGNOSCE
Rec"og*nosce, v. t. Etym: [L. recognoscere. See Recognizance.]
Defn: To recognize. [R. & Obs.] Boyle.
RECOIL Re*coil", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recoiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Recoiling.] Etym: [OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.]
1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. Evil on itself shall back recoil. Milton. The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits. De Quincey.