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recouch

recouch verb: to rephrase.

Verb

recouch (third-person singular simple present recouches, present participle recouching, simple past and past participle recouched)

  1. (transitive) To rephrase.
    • to recouch an idea in Freudian terms
  2. (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 of recouch

third-person singular presentrecouches
present participlerecouching
past participlerecouched
pastrecouched

Origin of recouch

From re- + couch: compare French recoucher.

Questions about recouch

What does recouch mean?
Recouch means to rephrase.
What part of speech is recouch?
Recouch is a verb.
What is the past tense of recouch?
The past tense of recouch is recouched.

Words near recouch in the dictionary

  1. recosts
  2. recostume
  3. recostumed
  4. recostumes
  5. recostuming
  6. recouch
  7. recouched
  8. recouches
  9. recouching
  10. recouer
  11. recount

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