Etymology : French rallier, from Old French ralier, from re- + alier to unite; more at ALLY
Pronunciation : 'ra-lE
Function : verb
Date : 1603
1. gathering, assembly; union, process of joining together; recovery, recuperation; type of auto race held on public roads according to regular traffic rules. unite, join together; be united, be joined; recover, recuperate; tease, ridicule. rally\ral"ly\, v. i.
2. to come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite. the grecians rally, and their powers unite. innumerable parts of matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world.
3. to collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
4. to recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.rally \ral"ly\, n.; pl. rallies (-l&ibreve;z).
5. the act or process of rallying (in any of the senses of that word).
6. a political mass meeting. [colloq. u. s.]rally \ral"ly\ (răl"l&ybreve;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. rallied (-l&ibreve;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.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. honeycomb rallies me upon a country life. strephon had long confessed his amorous pain, which gay corinna rallied with disdain.
7. To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
8. To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
9. To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
10. To recover strength after a decline in prices; said of the market, stocks, etc.
11. The act or process of rallying.
12. A political mass meeting.
13. To attack with raillery, either in good humor and pleasantry, or with slight contempt or satire.
14. To use pleasantry, or satirical merriment.
15. Good-humored raillery. the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort; "he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning"; "he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack" an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point" an automobile race run over public roads a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied".
16. 1. A rally is a large public meeting that is held in order to show support for something such as a political party. About three thousand people held a rally to mark international human rights day.
17. When people rally to something or when something rallies them, they unite to support it. His supporters have rallied to his defence He rallied his own supporters for a fight.
18. When someone or something rallies, they begin to recover or improve after having been weak. He rallied enough to thank his doctors = recover Rally is also a noun. After a brief rally the shares returned to 126p. = recovery.
19. A rally is a competition in which vehicles are driven over public roads. an accomplished rally driver.
20. A rally in tennis, badminton, or squash is a continuous series of shots that the players exchange without stopping. a long rally. or rallye Automobile competition using public roads and ordinary traffic rules. The object is to maintain a specified average speed between checkpoints; the route is unknown to the driver and navigator until the start of the event. Such competition began in 1907 with a Beijing-to-Paris event (12,000 km [7,500 mi]). The Monte-Carlo rally began in 1911. The Paris-Dakar (Senegal) Rally (15,000 km (9,300 mi]) is considered one of the most grueling rally events.