or beyond comprehension, unfathomable, unknowable, inscrutable, incognizable, indecipherable, undecipherable, beyond understanding; mystic, mystical, transcendental, cabalistic, supernatural, preternatural, otherworldly, supermundane.
3. occult, secret, hidden, cryptic, perdu, concealed; obscure, dark, dim, vague, nebulous, Rare. im-perspicuous; mysterious, arcane, inexplicable, unexplainable, insolvable, insoluble, unaccountable, Obs. inextricable; enigmatic, enigmatical. recondition, v. repair, mend, restore; doctor, service, overhaul, give new parts; fix, fix up, patch, patch up; correct, adjust, straighten, straighten out or up; rectify, remedy, better, amend; make over, remodel, renovate; refinish, resurface, revamp, renew, completely overhaul or redo. reconnaissance, n. 1. reconnoitering, inspection, advance information, observation, exploration, probe; spying, Inf. spy work, espionage, scout's report.
2. survey, preliminary survey, scrutiny, scrutiniza-tion; preview, examination, analysis; Inf. once-over, Inf. walkaround, Inf. pre-flight check. reconnoiter, v. 1. survey, probe, spy out, spy on, scout out, Obs. picketeer; get a view of, SI. case, SI. stake out, Inf. get the lay of the land, Inf. see how the land lies.
2. examine, inspect, observe, view, scan; study, size up, Inf. check out, take stock of. reconsider, v. reexamine, think over, take under advisement, review, look at again; sleep on, consider overnight, recheck, check again, retrace; revise, view in a new light, think better of, think twice; correct, amend, modify, make over. reconstruct, v. 1. rebuild, make over, restore, reframe, reassemble; reproduce, remake, refabricate; reform, refashion, remodel, reshape, revamp; reforge, recast, re-create, recompose, redevise, reformulate, redesign; renovate, recondition, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinstate.
2. remember, recall, recollect, review, view in retrospect; call up, recover knowledge of, Inf. string or piece together events. record, v. 1. document, enter, post, make an entry of; note, make a note of, write down, write; register, enroll, take down, put down; chronicle, journalize, keep a diary or record or log; set down for posterity; file, put in the files, docket, list, log; catalogue, itemize, enumerate, score, count up, chalk up.
2. state, say, indicate, go to record, say publicly, affirm.
-n. 3. journal, record, chronicle, diary, memoir,
Fr. journal intime; dossier, Latin, adversaria, notes; album, scrapbook, memory book; yearbook, almanac, annals; history, chronology, narrative; registry, register, log, logbook, guestbook; inventory, stock list, catalogue; Lib. Science, card catalogue, Lib. Science. shelf list; ledger, roll, attendance book; schedule, calendar, datebook, daybook; Acta, transactions, minutes.
4. registry, deed, contract, certificate, Law. memorandum, Law. instrument; bond, indenture, marriage certificate, birth certificate, automobile title; land records, voter list.
5. reputation, life history, past performance, Inf. style, track record, book; r£sum£, work history, employment record; school record, permanent school file, transcript, academic record.
6. police record, list of offenses, criminal life history, history of crime, reputation for crime.
7. memento, keepsake, remembrance, relic, souvenir, token, token of remembrance.