| 单词 |
recuse |
| 释义 |
recuse, v. Now rare.|rɪˈkjuːz|
Also 5 Sc. recus.
[ad. F. récuser (13th c. in Littré), ad. L. recūsāre to refuse, make an objection, f. re- re- + causa cause.]
†1. To refuse (a thing offered). Obs. rare—1.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 165 Wydomarus..sente a greet deel of the tresour to kyng Richard. And he recused it [v.r. refusede; L. recusavit], and seide þat he schulde haue al by þe riȝt of his lordschippe.
2. To reject, renounce (a person, his authority, etc.); to object to (a judge) as prejudiced.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VIII. 189 Kyng Iohn recusede [v.r. refused] and wolde in no wise fonge Stevene of Langtoun archebisshop of Caunterbury, þat was confermed by þe pope. c1421Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden) 28 He therfor hem utterly recuseth, and herto he fully him submitteth. 1563Foxe A. & M. 721/2 And [I] also doo..refuse, recuse, and declyne you my sayde Lorde, and your said Colleages, and your iurisdiction vpon causes aforesayde. 1598Florio, Ricusare, to refuse, to renounce, to recuse. 1638Ld. Digby, etc. Lett. conc. Relig. ii. (1651) 8 Their humility..will not let them be troubled when they are recused as judges. 1726Ayliffe Parergon 74 Unless he recus'd him as a suspected Judge, he ought to remain under his Jurisdiction. 1812C. Butler in Alban Butler's Lives Saints (1836) I. p. xxviii, According to Thomas of Kempis (and what Catholic recuses his authority?). 1897Eng. Hist. Rev. Oct. 634 The defendant would be able to ‘recuse’ judges against whom a specific charge of presumable partiality could be made.
†b. To reject (an appeal). Obs. rare.
1529Hen. VIII in Burnet Hist. Ref. I. (1679) Rec. ii. xxviii. 78 Yet she..[laid] in her Appeal, which also by the said judges was likewise recused.
†c. To refuse to submit to (a decree). Obs.
1721Strype Eccl. Mem. I. i. xiii. 107 The Queen might at any time recuse and appeal from whatsoever decree or sentence she will.
†3. To refuse to do something. Obs.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 273 The qwene..Vasthi recusenge to comme to hym was despisede. 1438Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) 32 Geyff þe schirra recus to do his offyce, or be neclygent. 1521St. Papers Hen. VIII (1830) I. 24 ThEmperours Ambassadors..do nowe recuse to treate junctly wyth the French Ambassadors. 1542Ibid. (1849) IX. 154 The Turke..hath recusid to inprest soche monye as he promissid to the French King. |
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