A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1531, 1676-1695
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Recur, v. Also: -cure. [Late ME (1468) and e.m.E. recur(r, recurre (1616), L. recurrere.] intr. To go back or resort, to have recourse (to, upon a person or persons) (for assistance, money, etc.). — 1531 Bell. Boece II 244.
We, thy Cristin pepil … recurris to thé in this our extreme necessite 1676 Edinb. B. Rec. X 274.
Considering that the same [sc. a payment] would be ane ivell preparative wherby all other persones … may recure upon the toun for [etc.] 1695 Fountainhall Decis. I 687.
She had liberty to recur for the whole 5000 merks
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