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recourseful

recourseful adjective: having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.

Adjective

recourseful (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.
    • Where Thetis handmaids still in that recoursefull deepe
      With those rough Gods of Sea, continuall revells keepe;1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 1 p. 7
  2. (nonstandard) resourceful

Origin of recourseful

From recourse + -ful.

Questions about recourseful

What does recourseful mean?
Recourseful means having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.
What part of speech is recourseful?
Recourseful is an adjective.

Words near recourseful in the dictionary

  1. recoure
  2. recoured
  3. recouring
  4. recourse
  5. recoursed
  6. recourseful
  7. recourseless
  8. recourses
  9. recoursing
  10. recover
  11. recover one's senses

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