different between recourse vs rely

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French recours, from Latin recursus, past participle of recurr?.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: r?kôs?, IPA^(key): /???k??s/
• (General American) enPR: r??kôrs, IPA^(key): /??i?k??s/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: rik?rs?, r??k?rs, IPA^(key): /???ko(?)?s/, /??i?ko(?)?s/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /???ko?s/, /??i?ko?s/
• Rhymes: -??(?)s

Noun

recourse (countable and uncountable, plural recourses)

1. The act of seeking assistance or advice.
   • 1678, Nathaniel Wanley, The Wonders of the Little World

     Thus dyed this great Peer in the thirty sixth year of his age compleat, and three days over, in a time of great recourse unto him, and dependence upon him

   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, chapter VIII, section ii:

     Nor were the wool prospects much better. The pastoral industry, which had weathered the severe depression of the early forties by recourse to boiling down the sheep for their tallow, and was now firmly re-established as the staple industry of the colony, was threatened once more with eclipse.

2. (obsolete) A coursing back, or coursing again; renewed course; return; retreat; recurrence.
3. (obsolete) Access; admittance.

Derived terms

Related terms

• recur
• recursion
• recursive

Translations

Verb

recourse (third-person singular simple present recourses, present participle recoursing, simple past and past participle recoursed)

1. (obsolete) To return; to recur.
2. (obsolete) To have recourse; to resort.
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hacket to this entry?)

Synonyms

• (to recur): repeat; see also Thesaurus:repeat

Anagrams

• resource

English

Etymology

From Middle English relien, from Old French relier (“fasten, attach, rally, oblige”), from Latin religo (“fasten, bind fast”), from re- + ligo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???la?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

rely (third-person singular simple present relies, present participle relying, simple past and past participle relied)

1. (with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Ryle, lyre