recouchv.

Brit.

/ˌriːˈkaʊtʃ/, U.S.

/ˌriˈkaʊtʃ/,

/rəˈkaʊtʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, couch v.¹

Etymology: < re- prefix + couch v.¹ Compare French recoucher (in transitive and reflexive use; 12th cent. in Old French).

Now rare.

intransitive. To couch again; esp. to return to rest or sleep. Also transitive.

ΚΠ

a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 526 Then savage Beasts creep from the silent wood,..Who when at morn they all recouch again.

1794 G. Chalmers Estimate Compar. Strength Great-Brit. (new ed.) p. cxi They recalled their odious language, and re-couched their threatening spears.

1850 P. Bannerman tr. Dante Comedy 204 The diminished moon was seen to touch The bed she rose from, and again recouch, Ere we had issued from that needle's eye.

1931 T. S. Moore Poems 278 Long he sat lost, too weak to rise, too weary Even to recouch his throbbing head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	recouch
释义	recouchv. Brit. /ˌriːˈkaʊtʃ/, U.S. /ˌriˈkaʊtʃ/, /rəˈkaʊtʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, couch v.¹ Etymology: < re- prefix + couch v.¹ Compare French recoucher (in transitive and reflexive use; 12th cent. in Old French). Now rare. intransitive. To couch again; esp. to return to rest or sleep. Also transitive. ΚΠ a1639 H. Wotton Reliquiæ Wottonianæ (1651) 526 Then savage Beasts creep from the silent wood,..Who when at morn they all recouch again. 1794 G. Chalmers Estimate Compar. Strength Great-Brit. (new ed.) p. cxi They recalled their odious language, and re-couched their threatening spears. 1850 P. Bannerman tr. Dante Comedy 204 The diminished moon was seen to touch The bed she rose from, and again recouch, Ere we had issued from that needle's eye. 1931 T. S. Moore Poems 278 Long he sat lost, too weak to rise, too weary Even to recouch his throbbing head. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1639
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