rally

Etymology 1

From Middle French rallier (French rallier), from Old French ralier, from Latin prefix re- + ad + ligare (“to bind; to ally”).

noun

1. A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.
   a campaign rally
   an election rally
2. A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.
   a political rally
3. (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.
4. (motor racing) 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.
5. (business, trading) A recovery after a decline in prices (said of the market, stocks, etc.)

verb

1. (transitive) To collect, and reduce to order, as troops dispersed or thrown into confusion; to gather again; to reunite.
2. (intransitive) To come into orderly arrangement; to renew order, or united effort, as troops scattered or put to flight; to assemble.
   The USA were dominant but, to England’s immense credit, they repeatedly rallied, refusing to fold. Indeed they could conceivably have gone in level at the interval had Naeher not made an acrobatic, stretching, fingertip save to divert Walsh’s 25-yard thunderbolt as it whizzed unerringly on its apparently inexorable trajectory towards the top corner. 2019-07-02, Louise Taylor, “Alex Morgan heads USA past England into Women’s World Cup final”, in The Guardian
3. (transitive, intransitive) To collect one's vital powers or forces; to regain health or consciousness.
4. (business, trading, of the market, stocks etc., intransitive) To recover strength after a decline in prices.
   Bitcoin has still plunged in value by almost two-thirds this year, it should be said. But it has also rallied by about 10% since the downwards lurch when FTX filed for bankruptcy in mid-November, which is extraordinary. 2022-12-14, Nils Pratley, “Bitcoin has rallied. What are crypto’s true believers still smoking?”, in The Guardian

Etymology 2

From French railler. See rail (“to scoff”).

verb

1. (transitive) To tease; to chaff good-humouredly.
   But you must not rally him on the subject Sir Oliver—'tis a tender Point I assure you though He has been married only seven months. 1777, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School for Scandal, II.iii

noun

1. Good-humoured raillery.