recourseful

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adjective

Having recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.

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Meanings

adjectiverecourseful (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteHaving recurring flow and ebb; moving alternately.

    Where Thetis handmaids still in that recoursefull deepe With those rough Gods of Sea, continuall revells keepe;

    1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 1 p. 7
  2. nonstandardnot comparableresourceful

Origin

From recourse + -ful.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

resourceful
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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