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Re*cess" (r&euptack_;*sĕs"), n. [L. recessus, fr. recedere, recessum. See Recede.] 1. A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.
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Every degree of ignorance being so far a recess and degradation from rationality. South.
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My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered. Eikon Basilike.
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2. The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.
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In the recess of the jury they are to consider the evidence. Sir M. Hale.
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Good verse recess and solitude requires. Dryden.
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3. Remission or suspension of business or procedure; intermission, as of a legislative body, court, or school; as, the children were allowed to play in the school yard during recess.
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The recess of . . . Parliament lasted six weeks. Macaulay.
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4. Part of a room formed by the receding of the wall, as an alcove, niche, etc.
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A bed which stood in a deep recess. W. Irving.
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5. A place of retirement, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion.
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Departure from this happy place, our sweet
Recess, and only consolation left. Milton.
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6. Secret or abstruse part; as, the difficulties and recesses of science; the deepest recesses of the mind. I. Watts.
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7. (Bot. & Zo&ö;l.) A sinus.
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Re*cess", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Recessed; p. pr. & vb. n. Recessing.] To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.
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Re*cess", n. [G.] A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. Brande & C.
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