I. To sing back, i. e. call back by singing: “ut illa (perdix) recanat revocetque (marem),” Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102: “Phoebus ... recanente lyrā fautor,” Verg. Cul. 13.—*
II. To charm back again, to undo a charm: “pauci etiam credunt serpentes ipsas recanere,” Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19 (perh. also id. 29, 4, 21, § 69, where Jan. reads praecanere. The form recĭno has another signif., v. recino).
