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Webster 1913 Edition


Recouch

Re-couch′

(r?-kouch′)
,
Verb.
I.
[Pref.
re-
+
couch
: cf. F.
recoucher
.]
To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Recouch

RECOUCH'

,
Verb.
I.
[re and couch.] To retire again to a lodge, as lions.

Definition 2024


recouch

recouch

English

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.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir H. Wotton to this entry?)