01 n. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.
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A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.[Obs.]“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.
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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.
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Access; admittance.[Obs.]“Give me recourse to him.” — Shak.
Phrases & compounds
Without recourse —
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.