<B>recontrol, </B>verb, <B>-trolled,</B> <B>-trolling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to put new controls upon; place again under price or rent control. <BR> <I>Ex. Four owners of the 29 establishments that had been recontrolled had filed plans with the Buildings Department to convert the building back to apartment house use (New York Times).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a recontrolling; renewal of controls. </DL>
<B>reconversion, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>conversion back to a previous state or belief. <DD><B> 2. </B>conversion again or anew. </DL>
<A NAME="reconvert">
<B>reconvert, </B>transitive verb, intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to convert back to a previous state or belief. <DD><B> 2. </B>to convert again. <BR> <I>Ex. After the war, the factories that produced tanks were reconverted to produce tractors.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="reconvey">
<B>reconvey, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to convey again or back to a previous place or position. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) to make over again or restore to a former owner. </DL>
<B>reconvict, </B>transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to convict again. noun <B>reconviction.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="recopy">
<B>recopy, </B>transitive verb, <B>-copied,</B> <B>-copying.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to copy again. </DL>
<A NAME="record">
<B>record, </B>verb, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to set down in writing so as to keep for future use. <BR> <I>Ex. to record the proceedings at a meeting. Listen to the speaker and record what he says. A long inscription ... records how Amenhotep ... slew seven kings with his own hand (Amelia B. Edwards).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to put in some permanent form; keep for remembrance. <BR> <I>Ex. We record history in books. The widespread destruction recorded the effectiveness of the atomic bomb.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to register, especially in permanent form. <BR> <I>Ex. A cardiograph records the movements of the heart.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to put (music, words, or sounds) on a phonograph disk or on specially treated tape or wire. <BR> <I>Ex. Both will be recorded, and both brought their composers $1,200 each (Newsweek).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to make a phonograph disk or disks; put a song, speech, or other performance, on a record. <BR> <I>Ex. He recorded frequently and with apparent complete freedom (New Yorker).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>anything written and kept. <BR> <I>Ex. Her diary was a record of her childhood.</I> <DD><B> 2a. </B>an official written account. <BR> <I>Ex. The secretary kept a record of what was done at the meeting. 43 out of 100 firms that lose their accounts receivable and other business records in a fire never reopen (New Yorker).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>an official copy of a document. <BR> <I>Ex. The county clerk has a record of the deed to this house. The record of his case is in the court clerk's file.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a disk or cylinder used on a phonograph. A record plays the sounds copied on its very small grooves. <DD><B> 4. </B>the known facts about what a person, animal, or thing has done. <BR> <I>Ex. He has a fine record at school. That newspaper's record in promoting good causes has been unequaled. With a number of delays on its record, this train's schedule is not reliable.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>(U.S.) a criminal's recorded history of offenses, arrests, convictions, and other activity under legal supervision. <DD><B> 6. </B>the best yet done; best or greatest amount, rate, or speed yet attained. <BR> <I>Ex. Who holds the record for the high jump?</I> <DD><B> 7. </B>a recording or being recorded. <BR> <I>Ex. What happened is a matter of record.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> making or affording a record. <BR> <I>Ex. a record wheat crop.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>break a</B> (or <B>the</B>) <B>record,</B> </I>to make a better record. <BR> <I>Ex. He broke the record for the long jump.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>go on record,</B> </I>to state publicly for the record. <BR> <I>Ex. The candidate went on record as an opponent of nuclear tests.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>off the record,</B> </I>not to be recorded or quoted. <BR> <I>Ex. Politicians often say things off the record that it would be impolitic to say directly.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>of record,</B> </I>according to official record. <BR> <I>Ex. He says he and his wife and two adult children together own beneficially and of record 30,800 Libby shares (Wall Street Journal).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>on record,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>recorded; set down; registered. </I> <I>Ex. The date of her birth is on record in Dade County, Florida.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to be recorded or quoted. <BR> <I>Ex. Big-state Democratic governors ... put themselves on record in favor of strong civil rights action (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recordable">
<B>recordable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>that can be recorded. <BR> <I>Ex. ... the smallest recordable activity is a few millionths of a volt (Floyd and Silver).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>worth recording. </DL>
<B>recordative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that records or keeps in memory; commemorative. </DL>
<A NAME="recordatory">
<B>recordatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with the keeping of records. </DL>
<A NAME="recordbreaker">
<B>record breaker,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a person, thing, or event that is faster, bigger, or in any way better than any other of the same class. <BR> <I>Ex. In his long term at New Haven, Kiphuth produced dozens of topflight swimmers, and many were record breakers (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recordbreaking">
<B>record-breaking, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> surpassing any recorded performance or production of its kind. <BR> <I>Ex. ... a record-breaking Christmas selling season (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recordchanger">
<B>record changer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a turntable for a phonograph with a device that holds several records above the turntable, letting each record down automatically after the previous one has been played. </DL>
<A NAME="recorder">
<B>recorder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person whose business is to make and keep records. <BR> <I>Ex. The recorder in many of our local towns keeps the record of taxes paid and land ownership.</I> (SYN) registrar. <DD><B> 2. </B>a machine, or part of a machine, that records. A cashier's recorder adds up and prints the amount of sales made. <BR> <I>Ex. A microfilm recorder takes small pictures of documents.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=tape recorder.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B>a title given to certain judges in some cities. <DD><B> 5. </B>a wooden musical wind instrument with a mouthpiece shaped like a whistle, eight finger holes, and soft, mellow tones. <BR> <I>Ex. flutes and soft recorders (Milton). More recorders are being tootled nowadays than at any time since the development of the modern orchestra (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a person who records sounds or sound effects for motion pictures or phonograph records. <BR> <I>Ex. There is no specialization among technical workers, except in the case of sound mixers and recorders (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recordership">
<B>recordership, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the position or term of a recorder. </DL>
<A NAME="recordholder">
<B>recordholder, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who holds the record for some achievement. <BR> <I>Ex. He defeated the world recordholder ... and won the 5000 meter race (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recording">
<B>recording, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a record used on a phonograph. <DD><B> 2. </B>the original transcription of any sound or combination of sounds. <BR> <I>Ex. A recording of the Liverpool performance is to be broadcast on April 7 (Sunday Times).</I> <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=tape recording.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="recordinghead">
<B>recording head,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a magnetic head used for recording signals on a magnetic tape, magnetic drum, and the like. </DL>
<A NAME="recordist">
<B>recordist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who cuts phonograph records or makes tape recordings, especially as a hobby. </DL>
<A NAME="recordlibrary">
<B>record library,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a collection of phonograph records. </DL>
<A NAME="recordmaker">
<B>recordmaker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person or company that makes phonograph records. <BR> <I>Ex. Now the endless search for operatic treasure has driven the recordmakers back to Gluck (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recordplayer">
<B>record player,</B> <B>=phonograph.</B></DL>
<A NAME="recoronation">
<B>recoronation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the act of recrowning or fact of being recrowned. </DL>
<A NAME="recount">
<B>recount</B> (1), transitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to tell in detail; give an account of. <BR> <I>Ex. He recounted all the happenings of the day. They used to recount ... the exploits of their youth (Gilbert White).</I> (SYN) describe. <DD><B> 2. </B>to tell one by one; enumerate. <BR> <I>Ex. to recount the items in a list.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recount">
<B>re-count</B> or <B>recount</B> (2), verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to count again. <BR> <I>Ex. The miser counted and re-counted his money.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a second count. <BR> <I>Ex. A re-count of the votes was made.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="recountal">
<B>recountal, </B>noun. <B>=narration.</B></DL>
<A NAME="recoup">
<B>recoup, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make up for. <BR> <I>Ex. He recouped his losses.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to repay. <BR> <I>Ex. I will recoup you for any money you spend. It was necessary for parliament to intervene to compel the landlord to recoup the tenant for his outlay on the land (W. S. Gregg).</I> (SYN) reimburse, recompense. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Law.) to deduct. <BR> <I>Ex. The defendant may recoup damages before paying his lawyer's fee.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to make up for a loss. <DD><I>noun </I> the act of recouping; deduction. adj. <B>recoupable.</B> noun <B>recouper.</B> noun <B>recoupment.</B> </DL>
