rally

Meanings

A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
An event in which competitors drive through a series of timed special stages at intervals. The winner is the driver who completes all stages with the shortest cumulative time.
A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)
Good-humoured raillery.

To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble; to unite.
To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness; to recuperate.
To recover strength after a decline in prices; -- said of the market, stocks, etc.
To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.

From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare.
From French railler. See rail.

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