Etymology

From re- +‎ couchCategory:English terms prefixed with re-#COUCH: compare French recoucher.

Verb

recouch (third-person singular simple present recouches, present participle recouching, simple past and past participle recouched)Category:English lemmas#RECOUCHCategory:English verbs#RECOUCHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RECOUCHCategory:Pages with entries#RECOUCHCategory:Pages with 1 entry#RECOUCH

1. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#RECOUCH) To rephrase.

   to recouch an idea in Freudian termsCategory:English terms with usage examples#RECOUCH

2. (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#RECOUCH) To retire again to a couch; to lie down again.^[1]
   • 1651, Henry Wotton, A Translation of the CIV. Psalm to the Original Sense:

     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.

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References

Anagrams

• Coucher, coucher, courche