recesses
plural of recess
recesses
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of recess
Source: Wiktionary
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 The state of being withdrawn; seclusion; privacy.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
26 June 2025
(adverb) in a dispirited manner without hope; “the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances”
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