a prefix or inseparable particle in the composition of words, denotes return, repetitionIt is contracted from red, which the Latins retained in words beginning with a vowel, as in redamo, redeoIn a few English words, all or most of which, I believe, we receive from the French, it has lost its appropriate signification, as in rejoice, recommend

A small Portuguese coin or money of account, value about one mill and a fourth, American money.