RECOURSE

recourse, resort, refuge

(noun) act of turning to for assistance; “have recourse to the courts”; “an appeal to his uncle was his last resort”

recourse, refuge, resort

(noun) something or someone turned to for assistance or security; “his only recourse was the police”; “took refuge in lying”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

recourse (countable and uncountable, plural recourses)

The act of seeking assistance or advice.

(obsolete) A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence.

(obsolete) Access; admittance.

Verb

recourse (third-person singular simple present recourses, present participle recoursing, simple past and past participle recoursed)

(obsolete) To return; to recur.

(obsolete) To have recourse; to resort.

Synonyms

• (to recur): repeat; see also repeat

Anagrams

• resource

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*course" (r*krs"), n. Etym: [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. Unto my first I will have my recourse. Chaucer. Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. Sir T. Browne.

2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort. Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him. Sir H. Wotton. Our last recourse is therefore to our art. Dryden.

3. Access; admittance. [Obs.] Give me recourse to him. Shak. 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.

Re*course", v. i.

1. To return; to recur. [Obs.] The flame departing and recoursing. Foxe.

2. To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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