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recouching

recouching is the present participle and gerund of recouch.

Meaning of recouch

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

Questions about recouching

What is recouching the present participle and gerund of?
Recouching is the present participle and gerund of recouch.

Words near recouching in the dictionary

  1. recostumes
  2. recostuming
  3. recouch
  4. recouched
  5. recouches
  6. recouching
  7. recouer
  8. recount
  9. recountable
  10. recountal
  11. recountals

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