recoup
- v reimburse or compensate (someone), as for a loss
- v regain or make up for
- v retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments
recover
- v get or find back; recover the use of
- v get over an illness or shock
- v regain a former condition after a financial loss
We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90 - v regain or make up for
- v reuse (materials from waste products)
- v cover anew
recover a chair
recreate
- v give new life or energy to
- v engage in recreational activities rather than work; occupy oneself in a diversion
The students all recreate alike - v give encouragement to
- v create anew
she recreated the feeling of the 1920's with her stage setting
recriminate
- v return an accusation against someone or engage in mutual accusations; charge in return
recrudesce
- v happen
These political movements recrudesce from time to time - v become raw or open
Such boils tend to recrudesce
rectify
- v math: determine the length of
rectify a curve - v reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities
- v bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one
- v set straight or right
rectify the inequities in salaries - v make right or correct
rectify the calculation - v convert into direct current
rectify alternating current
recuperate
- v regain or make up for
recuperate one's losses - v regain a former condition after a financial loss
The company managed to recuperate - v restore to good health or strength
- v get over an illness or shock
recur
- v happen or occur again
This is a recurring story - v return in thought or speech to something
- v have recourse to
recuse
- v disqualify oneself (as a judge) in a particular case
- v challenge or except to a judge as being incompetent or interested, in canon and civil law
recycle
- v cause to repeat a cycle
- v use again after processing
We must recycle the cardboard boxes