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.
| 1387 Trevisa 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.
| 1387 Trevisa 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. c 1421 Lett. Marg. Anjou & Bp. Beckington (Camden) 28 He therfor hem utterly recuseth, and herto he fully him submitteth. 1563 Foxe 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. 1598 Florio, Ricusare, to refuse, to renounce, to recuse. 1638 Ld. Digby, etc. Lett. conc. Relig. ii. (1651) 8 Their humility..will not let them be troubled when they are recused as judges. 1726 Ayliffe Parergon 74 Unless he recus'd him as a suspected Judge, he ought to remain under his Jurisdiction. 1812 C. Butler in Alban Butler's Lives Saints (1836) I. p. xxviii, According to Thomas of Kempis (and what Catholic recuses his authority?). 1897 Eng. 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.
| 1529 Hen. 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.
| 1721 Strype 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.
| 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) III. 273 The qwene..Vasthi recusenge to comme to hym was despisede. 1438 Sc. Acts Jas. II (1814) 32 Geyff þe schirra recus to do his offyce, or be neclygent. 1521 St. Papers Hen. VIII (1830) I. 24 ThEmperours Ambassadors..do nowe recuse to treate junctly wyth the French Ambassadors. 1542 Ibid. (1849) IX. 154 The Turke..hath recusid to inprest soche monye as he promissid to the French King. |