RECESSED

recessed

(adjective) resembling an alcove

sunken, deep-set, recessed

(adjective) having a sunken area; “hunger gave their faces a sunken look”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Adjective

recessed

set back; located in a hole, space, or opening.

withdrawn; secluded

having a recess or nook

Verb

recessed

simple past tense and past participle of recess

Anagrams

• Seceders, seceders

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*cessed", a.

1. Having a recess or recesses; as, a recessed arch or wall.

2. Withdrawn; secluded. [R.] "Comfortably recessed from curious impertinents." Miss Edgeworth. Recessed arch (Arch.), one of a series of arches constructed one within another so as to correspond with splayed jambs of a doorway, or the like.

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 The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.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.)

Definition: A sinus.

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

Definition: To make a recess in; as, to recess a wall.

Re*cess", n. Etym: [G.]

Definition: A decree of the imperial diet of the old German empire. Brande & C.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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