Recourse
Recourse (r?*k?rs") , noun
[French recours, Latin recursus a running back, return, from 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; recurrence. [Obsolete]
Swift recourse of flushing blood.
Unto my first I will have my recourse.
Preventive physic... preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary.
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.
Our last recourse is therefore to our art.
3.
Access; admittance. [Obsolete]
Give me recourse to him.
Collocations (1)
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.
Recourse , intransitive verb
1.
To return; to recur. [Obsolete]
The flame departing and recoursing.
2.
To have recourse; to resort. [Obsolete] — Bp. Hacket