recouch en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + couch: compare French recoucher.
Meanings
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(transitive) To rephrase.
to recouch an idea in Freudian terms
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(obsolete) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
Then Lions Whelps lie roaring for their Prey, And at thy powerful Hand demand their Food; Who when at Morn they all recouch again, Then toyling Man till Eve pursues his pain.
1651, Henry Wotton, A Translation of the CIV. Psalm to the Original Sense:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recouched | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recouched | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| recouches | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recouching | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |