† reescate,v.Obs.rare—1. [ad.It.riscattare, Sp.rescatar:—pop.L. *re-ex-captāre.] trans. To redeem, ransom. c1645Howell Lett. v. xxxii. (1650) I. 168 The great honour you have acquir'd by your gallant comportment in Algier in reescating so many English slaves.