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Webster 1913 Edition

Recess

Re-cess′

(rē̍-sĕs′)
,
Noun.
[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The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.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;
as, the children were allowed to play in the school yard during
recess
.
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 this happy place, our sweet
Recess
, and only consolation left.
Milton.
7.
(Bot. & Zool.)
A sinus.

Re-cess′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Recessed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Recessing
.]
To make a recess in;
as, to
recess
a wall
.

Re-cess′

,
Noun.
[G.]
A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire.
Brande & C.

Webster 1828 Edition

Recess

RECESS'

,
Noun.
[L. recessus, from recedo. See Recede.]
1.
A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; as the recess of the tides.
2.
A withdrawing from public business or notice; retreat; retirement.
My recess hath given them confidence that I may be conquered.
And every neighboring grove sacred to soft recess and gentle love.
3.
Departure.
4.
Place of retirement or secrecy; private abode.
This happy place, our sweet recess.
5.
State of retirement; as lords in close recess.
In the recess of the jury, they are to consider their evidence.
6.
Remission or suspension of business or procedure; as, the house of representatives had a recess of half an hour.
7.
Privacy; seclusion from the world or from company.
Good verse recess and solitude requires.
8.
Secret or abstruse part; as the difficulties and recesses of science.
9.
A withdrawing from any point; removal to a distance.
10.
An abstract or registry of the resolutions of the imperial diet. [Not in use.]
11.
The retiring of the shore of the sea or of a lake from the general line of the shore, forming a bay.

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