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recourir

resort to

verb ruh-koo-REER Rare
Communication Speech

Also means

appeal to (an authority)

Usage Note

Recourir is always followed by the preposition à: recourir à quelque chose (to resort to something). It is common in legal, medical, and political writing. The related noun le recours (recourse, appeal) appears in the phrase en dernier recours (as a last resort).

Examples

"Il a dû recourir à un interprète."

Natural Translation

He had to resort to an interpreter.

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