'Recourse' definitions:

Definition of 'recourse'

(from WordNet)
noun
Act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort" [syn: recourse, resort, refuge]
noun
Something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying" [syn: recourse, refuge, resort]

Definition of 'Recourse'

From: 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Unto my first I will have my recourse. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort. [1913 Webster]
  • Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him. --Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster]
  • Our last recourse is therefore to our art. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Access; admittance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Give me recourse to him. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Recourse'

From: GCIDE
  • Recourse \Re*course"\, v. i.
  • 1. To return; to recur. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • The flame departing and recoursing. --Foxe. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To have recourse; to resort. [Obs.] --Bp. Hacket. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'recourse'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Recourse'