Rally1. (v. t.) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
2. (v. i.) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
3. (v. i.) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
4. (v. i.) To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
5. (n.) The act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).
6. (n.) A political mass meeting.
7. (v. t.) To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire.
8. (v. i.) To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.
9. (n.) Good-humored raillery.
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