Category:Recess

Re*cess", n. Etym: [l. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See recede.]

1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess Of the tides. Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from Rationality. South. My recess hath given them confidence that i may be conquered. Eikon Basilike.

2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy. In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence. Sir m. Hale. Good verse recess and solitude requires. Dryden.

3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as Of a legislative body, court, or school. The recess of. . . Parliament lasted six weeks. Macaulay.

4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, Niche, etc. A bed which stood in a deep recess. W. Irving.

5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. Departure from his happy place, our sweet recess, and only Consolation left. Milton.

6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of Science. I. Watts.

7. (bot. & zoöl.)

Defn: a sinus.

Recess Re*cess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Recessing.]

Defn: to make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.

Recess Re*cess", n. Etym: [g.]

Defn: a decree of the imperial diet of the old german empire. Brande & c.