recourse
/ˈɹiːkɔɹs/ noun C2- The act of seeking assistance or advice.
- Use (of someone or something) as a source of help in a difficult situation.
Plural recourses
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He had recourse to his pipe that evening to help him study it out, much to Marilla’s disgust.
King of France, who was formidable still in spite of his recent reverses; and it was necessary, therefore, to have recourse to some profitable scheme, which was a matter of great difficulty in the impoverished condition of exhausted Italy.
“What is it you want, dear grandpapa?” said Valentine, and she endeavored to recall to mind all the things which he would be likely to need; and as the ideas presented themselves to her mind, she repeated them aloud, then,—finding that all her efforts elicited nothing but a constant “No,”—she said, “Come, since this plan does not answer, I will have recourse to another.”
Like all upstarts, he had had recourse to a great deal of haughtiness to maintain his position.
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