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  • English Word Recouch Definition To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
  • English Word Recount Definition To count or reckon again.
  • English Word Recount Definition A counting again, as of votes.
  • English Word Recount Definition To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.
  • English Word Recountment Definition Recital.
  • English Word Recoup Definition Alt. of Recoupe
  • English Word Recoupe Definition To keep back rightfully (a part), as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part) from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded to the plaintiff for eviction.
  • English Word Recoupe Definition To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup one's losses in the share market.
  • English Word Recoupe Definition To reimburse; to indemnify; -- often used reflexively and in the passive.
  • English Word Recouper Definition One who recoups.
  • English Word Recoupment Definition The act of recouping.
  • English Word Recourse Definition A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.
  • English Word Recourse Definition Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort.
  • English Word Recourse Definition Access; admittance.
  • English Word Recourse Definition To return; to recur.
  • English Word Recourse Definition To have recourse; to resort.
  • English Word Recourseful Definition Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.
  • English Word Recover Definition To cover again.
  • English Word Recover Definition To get or obtain again; to get renewed possession of; to win back; to regain.
  • English Word Recover Definition To make good by reparation; to make up for; to retrieve; to repair the loss or injury of; as, to recover lost time.
  • English Word Recover Definition To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal.
  • English Word Recover Definition To overcome; to get the better of, -- as a state of mind or body.
  • English Word Recover Definition To rescue; to deliver.
  • English Word Recover Definition To gain by motion or effort; to obtain; to reach; to come to.
  • English Word Recover Definition To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant.
  • English Word Recover Definition To regain health after sickness; to grow well; to be restored or cured; hence, to regain a former state or condition after misfortune, alarm, etc.; -- often followed by of or from; as, to recover from a state of poverty; to recover from fright.
  • English Word Recover Definition To make one's way; to come; to arrive.
  • English Word Recover Definition To obtain a judgement; to succeed in a lawsuit; as, the plaintiff has recovered in his suit.
  • English Word Recover Definition Recovery.
  • English Word Recoverable Definition Capable of being recovered or regained; capable of being brought back to a former condition, as from sickness, misfortune, etc.; obtainable from a debtor or possessor; as, the debt is recoverable; goods lost or sunk in the ocean are not recoverable.