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noun (English)
1. (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.Examples: "Put a generous recess behind the handle for finger space."; "[T]he Sun, the great eye of the vvorld, prying into the receſſes of rocks, and the hollovvneſſe of valleys, receives ſpecies, or viſible forms from theſe objects, but he beholds them onely by that light vvhich proceeds from himſelf: […]"; "VVithin a Mountain's hollovv VVomb, there lies / A large Receſs, conceal'd from Human Eyes; […]"countable
2. (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.Examples: "[T]he Harmony, Proportion and Beauty of Buildings are equally admirable, vvhether they be executed in plain Free-ſtone, or the moſt beautiful Marble; vvhether the Carvings or Mouldings be gilt or not; the Receſſes or Panels in the VValls be curiouſly painted, or only plaiſter'd."; "My uncle now clambered on top of the half score of mattresses which form a French bed, and which stood in a deep recess; […]"; "[T]he soldier looked to the oriel windows. The recesses within them were raised a step or two from the wall."Synonyms: alcove, indentationcountableuncountable
3. (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.countableplural-normallyslanguncountable
4. (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.Examples: "The recesses of the forest answered well the purposes of concealment, and Lucy was useful both as an unsuspected messenger, and also for the intelligence she was able to obtain."; "[I]n the recesses of the palace her mysterious figure was at once invisible and omnipresent."; "They gathered soberly in the farthest recess of the ward and gossiped about him in malicious, offended undertones, rebelling against his presence as a ghastly imposition and resenting him malevolently for the nauseating truth of which he was bright reminder."countable
5. (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.Examples: "[U]s hitherto this Corner and ſecret receſſe hath defended, novv the Vttermoſt point of our Land is laid open: and things the leſſe they haue beene vvithin knovvledge, the greater the glorie is to atchieue them."; "[T]hy tidings bring, / Departure from this happy place, our ſweet / Receſs, and onely conſolation left / Familiar to our eyes, all places elſe / Inhoſpitable appeer and deſolate, […]"; "His cousin June—and coming straight to his recess!"archaiccountableuncountable
6. (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.Examples: "the difficulties and recesses of science"; "[…] Momus […] ſeeing in the frame of mans heart, ſuch Angles and receſſes, founde fault there vvas not a vvindovve to looke into them: […]"; "[…] GOD not onely ſerving himſelf vvith truth out of the mouthes of impious perſons, but magnifying the receſſes of his Counſell and VViſdome and Predeſtination, vvho uſes the ſame Doctrine to glorifie himſelf and to confound his enemies, […]"countablefigurativelyplural-normallyuncountable
adj (English)
1. (obsolete, rare) Of a place or time: distant, remote.Examples: "[…] I ſhould think it beſt in the ſubſequent diſcourſes to begin to examine vvhether the Earth be eſteemed immoveable, as it hath been till novv believed by moſt men, or elſe moveable, as ſome ancient Philoſophers held, and others of not very receſſe times vvere of opinion; and if it be moveable, to enquire of vvhat kind its motion may be?"obsoleterare
verb (English)
1. (transitive)Examples: "His house stood recessed from the road, and the stables, which are to a farm what a fireplace is to a house, were behind, their lower portions being lost amid bushes of laurel."; "It will also enable slower-moving freight trains to be recessed in the new down goods loop to await, if necessary, a suitable margin before proceeding to Stafford or Stoke and so reduce confliction with other main-line trains."transitive
2. (transitive)Examples: "to recess a wall"oftentransitive
3. (transitive)Examples: "That gargoyle recesses into the rest of architecture."; "Recess the screw so it does not stick out."alsooftenreflexivetransitive
4. (transitive)Examples: "Get near fat Mr. Dutton, and behind the screen of his prodigious elbow, you will be comfortably recessed from curious impertinents."figurativelytransitive
5. (transitive)Examples: "When Congress is recessed, he makes himself acquainted with those free United States, of which he is the gifted son."UStransitive
6. (transitive)Examples: "To the National Rifle Association's delight, the Senate has hobbled the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives by failing to confirm a director since 2006, but [Barack] Obama hasn't made a recess appointment. […] "The President's view of his own power is a constrained one," says White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler. "Many of his nominees have languished, but he's only recessed the ones that were critical to keep agencies functioning.""USinformaltransitive
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