recouch

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verb

To rephrase.

“to recouch an idea in Freudian terms”

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Meanings

verbrecouch (third-person singular simple present recouches, present participle recouching, simple past and past participle recouched)

present singular third person recouches · participle present recouching · participle past recouched · past recouched

  1. transitiveTo rephrase.

    to recouch an idea in Freudian terms

  2. obsoleteTo retire again to a couch; to lie down again.

    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.

    1651, Henry Wotton, A Translation of the CIV. Psalm to the Original Sense

Origin

From re- + couch: compare French recoucher.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

recouch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recouch

MLA

“recouch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recouch. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recouch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recouch.

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