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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Without \With*out"\, prep. [OE. withoute, withouten, AS.
wi[eth]?tan; wi[eth] with, against, toward + ?tan outside,
fr. ?t out. See {With}, prep., {Out}.]
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1. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without
doors.
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Without the gate
Some drive the cars, and some the coursers rein.
--Dryden.
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2. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
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Eternity, before the world and after, is without our
reach. --T. Burnet.
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3. Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of, separation
from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of;
independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as,
without labor; without damage.
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I wolde it do withouten negligence. --Chaucer.
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Wise men will do it without a law. --Bacon.
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Without the separation of the two monarchies, the
most advantageous terms . . . must end in our
destruction. --Addison.
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There is no living with thee nor without thee.
--Tatler.
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{To do without}. See under {Do}.
{Without day} [a translation of L. sine die], without the
appointment of a day to appear or assemble again; finally;
as, the Fortieth Congress then adjourned without day.
{Without recourse}. See under {Recourse}.
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