recourtv.
/ˌriːˈkɔːt/, U.S. /riˈkɔrt/ rare.
transitive. To court again. Formerly also †intransitive.
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1595 G. Markham Most Honorable Trag. Sir R. Grinuile sig. F Looke how a wanton Bridegroome..Recourts his bride with dauncing and with play.
1675 E. Cocker Morals 45 Philosophy Divine, court and recourt; She can..mount man above a Man.
1962 E. M. W. Tillyard Ess. Lit. & Educ. 17 He proceeds to cuckold himself by re-courting his wives in a different disguise and thus appearing to seduce them.
1993 D. Clark in S. Scott & D. Morgan Body Matters ii. 31 Readers are encouraged to test themselves for sexual ‘wellness’; to ‘re-court’ one another; and..to convert their bedrooms into ‘sex clinics’ dedicated to marital sexual pleasure.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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