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(Rescourse,) Reskours, n.2 [Altered form of Recours(e n.1, to conform with Rescours(en.1] Recourse. = Recours(e n.1 2. —1533 Bell. Livy I 65/18.
Thai wer constrenit to haue thare vtir reskours to the samyn [sc. the Tiber]