different between recicle vs reticle

English

Verb

recicle

1. Misspelling of recycle.

Portuguese

Verb

recicle

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of reciclar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of reciclar
3. first-person singular imperative of reciclar
4. third-person singular imperative of reciclar

Spanish

Verb

recicle

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of reciclar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of reciclar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of reciclar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin reticulum, diminutive of Latin rete (“net”). Doublet of reticulum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???t?k?l/

Noun

reticle (plural reticles)

1. A grid, network, or crosshatch found in the eyepiece of various optical instruments to aid measurement or alignment
2. (obsolete) Alternative form of reticule (“a little bag”)
   • 1833, Francis Vesey, A General Digested Table and Index of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery, vol. 20, page ix:

     On the following day Mrs. Kent went into the bed-room; and laid a reticle, which contained the money, upon her bed; and afterwards returned into the sitting-room; leaving the door between that and the bed-room open. After she had remained in the sitting-room about five minutes, she sent Miss S. for the reticle; and it was not to be found.

Usage notes

Used in form “have somebody or something in one’s reticle”, meaning “to be targeting somebody or something”.

Related terms

• graticule
• Reticulum
• reticule

Translations

Anagrams

• clerite, tercile, tiercel