Recount
(Re*count") v. t. [F. raconter to relate, to recount; pref. re- again + (L. ad.) + conter to relate.
See Count, v.] To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to
enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings. Dryden.
To all his angels, who, with true applause,
Recount his praises.
Milton. Recountment
(Re*count`ment) n. Recital. [Obs.] Shak.
Recoup
(Re*coup", Re*coupe") v. t. [F. recouper; pref. re- re- + couper to cut.]
1. (Law) To keep back rightfully as if by cutting off, so as to diminish a sum due; to take off (a part)
from damages; to deduct; as, where a landlord recouped the rent of premises from damages awarded
to the plaintiff for eviction.
2. To get an equivalent or compensation for; as, to recoup money lost at the gaming table; to recoup
one's losses in the share market.
3. To reimburse; to indemnify; — often used reflexively and in the passive.
Elizabeth had lost her venture; but if she was bold, she might recoup herself at Philip's cost.
Froude.
Industry is sometimes recouped for a small price by extensive custom.
Duke of Argyll. Recouper
(Re*coup"er) n. One who recoups. Story.
Recoupment
(Re*coup"ment) n. The act of recouping.
Recoupment applies to equities growing out of the very affair from which thw principal demand arises,
set-off to cross-demands which may be independent in origin. Abbott.
Recourse
(Re*course") n. [F. recours, L. recursus a running back, return, fr. recurrere, recursum, to
run back. See Recur.]
1. A coursing back, or coursing again, along the line of a previous coursing; renewed course; return; retreat; recurence.
[Obs.] "Swift recourse of flushing blood." Spenser.
Unto my first I will have my recourse.
Chaucer.
Preventive physic . . . preventeth sickness in the healthy, or the recourse thereof in the valetudinary.
Sir T. Browne. 2. Recurrence in difficulty, perplexity, need, or the like; access or application for aid; resort.
Thus died this great peer, in a time of great recourse unto him and dependence upon him.
Sir H. Wotton.
Our last recourse is therefore to our art.
Dryden. 3. Access; admittance. [Obs.]
Give me recourse to him.
Shak. Without recourse (Commerce), words sometimes added to the indorsement of a negotiable instrument
to protect the indorser from liability to the indorsee and subsequent holders. It is a restricted indorsement.
Recourse
(Re*course"), v. i.
