From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Recourse \Re*course"\, v. i.
1. To return; to recur. [Obs.]
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The flame departing and recoursing. --Foxe.
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2. To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Recourse \Re*course"\ (r?*k?rs"), n. [F. recours, L. recursus a
running back, return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to run back.
See {Recur}.]
1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a
previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat;
recurence. [Obs.] "Swift recourse of flushing blood."
--Spenser.
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Unto my first I will have my recourse. --Chaucer.
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Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the
healthy, or the recourse thereof in the
valetudinary. --Sir T.
Browne.
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2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like;
access or application for aid; resort.
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Thus died this great peer, in a time of great
recourse unto him and dependence upon him. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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Our last recourse is therefore to our art. --Dryden.
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3. Access; admittance. [Obs.]
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Give me recourse to him. --Shak.
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{Without recourse} (Commerce), words sometimes added to the
indorsement of a negotiable instrument to protect the
indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent
holders. It is a restricted indorsement.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
recourse
n 1: act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the
courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" [syn:
{recourse}, {resort}, {refuge}]
2: something or someone turned to for assistance or security;
"his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"
[syn: {recourse}, {refuge}, {resort}]
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