recond

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UK/ˈɹɛkənd/UK/ɹɪˈkɒnd/US/ɹəˈkɑnd/US/ɹiˈkɑnd/

verb

To put away; to set apart.

OriginLatin recondō →
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Meanings

verbrecond (third-person singular simple present reconds, present participle reconding, simple past and past participle reconded)

present singular third person reconds · participle present reconding · participle past reconded · past reconded

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo put away; to set apart.

    A Ferment […] somewhere reconded out of the Road of the circulating Blood, and there gradually maturated.

    1693, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 17, 657
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    St Ethelwold, King of the same Prouince and Martyr: who being wickedly slayne in the Ciuill warres among his owne subiects, and his body brought to the Church of Hexam... the same was with great solemnity & veneration honourably reconded in the said Church as beseemed so pretious a treasure.

    1608, English Martyrology, John Wilson, section 89

Origin

  1. Latinrecondō“to put back, to reestablish; to put away, to hide”
  2. Englishrecond

From Latin recondō (“to put back, to reestablish; to put away, to hide”), from re- (“again”) + condō (“to build, to form; to store; to conceal”).

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APA

recond. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recond

MLA

“recond.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recond. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recond,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recond.

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