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| Source: gcide | Rally \Ral"ly\ (r[a^]l"l[y^]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rallied}
(r[a^]l"l[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rallying}.] [OF. ralier, F.
rallier, fr. L. pref. re- + ad + ligare to bind. See {Ra-},
and 1st {Ally}.]
To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or
thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
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| Source: gcide | Rally \Ral"ly\ (r[a^]l"l[y^]), v. i.
To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.
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| Source: gcide | Rally \Ral"ly\, n.
Good-humored raillery.
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| Source: gcide | Rally \Ral"ly\, 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.
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The Grecians rally, and their powers unite.
--Dryden.
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Innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to
rally together, and to form themselves into this new
world. --Tillotson.
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2. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health
or consciousness; to recuperate.
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3. To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of
the market, stocks, etc.
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| Source: gcide | Rally \Ral"ly\, n.; pl. {Rallies} (r[a^]l"l[i^]z).
1. The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of
that word).
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2. A political mass meeting. [Colloq. U. S.]
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| Source: gcide | Rally \Ral"ly\, v. t. [F. railler. See {Rail} to scoff.]
To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry,
or with slight contempt or satire.
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Honeycomb . . . rallies me upon a country life.
--Addison.
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Strephon had long confessed his amorous pain,
Which gay Corinna rallied with disdain. --Gay.
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Syn: To banter; ridicule; satirize; deride; mock.
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