v. t. | 1. | To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite. |
v. i. | 1. | To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite. |
2. | To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate. | |
3. | To recover strength after a decline in prices; - said of the market, stocks, etc. | |
n. | 1. | The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word). |
2. | A political mass meeting. | |
v. t. | 1. | To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire. |
v. i. | 1. | To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment. |
n. | 1. | Good-humored raillery. |