Recouch

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To rephrase. transitive

    "to recouch an idea in Freudian terms"

  2. 2
    To retire again to a couch; to lie down again. obsolete

    "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."

Example

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"to recouch an idea in Freudian terms"

Etymology

From re- + couch: compare French recoucher.

Related phrases

lie down

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