n. [ Cf. D. boerenkool (lit.) husbandman's cabbage. ] A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fr. contre (L. contra) + coup a blow. ] (med.) A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To preconceive; to imagine beforehand. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having characteristics that are partly Greek and partly Roman;
n. [ Pref. in- not + recognition. ] A failure to recognize; absence of recognition. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not recognizable; unrecognizable. Carlyle. [ 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;
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 ]
a. [ Pref. ir-- not + record: cf. L. irrecordabilis not to be remembered. ] Not fit or possible to be recorded. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not capable of being recovered, regained, or remedied; irreparable;
That which is past is gone and irrecoverable. Bacon.
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n. A device for making records (of sound, data, etc.) on magnetic media such as magnetic tape or wire. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
v. t. & i. To have an erroneous remembrance of; to suppose erroneously that one recollects. Hitchcock. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Erroneous or inaccurate recollection. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. (Genetics) not produced by genetic recombination. [ PJC ]
a. [ F. précoce. ] Precocious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖ n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Præcoces. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. praecox, -ocis, and praecoquus, fr. praecoquere to cook or ripen beforehand; prae before + coquere to cook. See 3d Cook, and cf. Apricot. ]
adv. In a precocious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
Saucy precociousness in learning. Bp. Mannyngham. [ 1913 Webster ]
That precocity which sometimes distinguishes uncommon genius. Wirt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One contemporary with, but older than, another. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. praecogitatus, p. p. of praecogitare. See Pre-, and Cogitate. ] To cogitate beforehand. [ R. ] Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. praecogitatio. ] Previous cogitation. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. praecognitio, fr. praecognoscere to foreknow. See Pre-, and Cognition. ]
a. Cognizable beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. praecognoscere to foreknow. ] (Scots Law) To examine beforehand, as witnesses or evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]
A committee of nine precognoscing the chances. Masson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A collection previously made. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. An opinion or notion formed beforehand; a preconception. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
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.
n. Something concerted or arranged beforehand; a previous agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Previously arranged; agreed upon beforehand. --
n. The act of preconcerting; preconcert. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To condemn beforehand. --
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. ]
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.
a. Consolidated beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]