Re-cōurse'1, n.
n. [Fr. recours, Pr. recors, Sp. & Pg. recurso, It. ricorso, Lat. recursus, from recurrere, recursum, to run back, from re, back, and currere, cursum, to run.]
Sense 1. Renewed course or flow; frequent passage. [Obs.] “Swift recourse of flushing blood.” Spenser.
Sense 2. Return; renewed attack; recurrence.
Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary. Browne.
Sense 3. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; a going for help; resort.
Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him. Wotton.
Our last recourse is therefore to our art. Dryden.
Sense 4. Access; admittance. [Obs.]
Give me recourse to him. Shak.
Without recourse, words sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument to protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent holders.