recurvous

[Lat. recurvus, from re- =back, again, and curvus =bent.] Bent back or backward. "In others I have observed long recurvous tails, longer than their bodies." -Derham: Physico- Theology, bk. viii., ch. vi. rěc-u-şançe, rěc-u-şan-çỹ, subst . [English recusan(t); -ce, -cy.] The quality or state of being a recusant; the tenets or principles of a recusant. rěc-u-sant, a. & s. [Fr., pr. par. of récuser =to reject, to refuse, from Lat. recuso=to oppose a cause or opinion, to reject: re -back, and causa =a cause.] A. As adj .: Obstinate in refusing; spec if. applied in English history to those who refused to acknowledge the king's supremacy, or to conform to the rites of the Established Church. B. As substantive: 1. Ord. Lang.: One who is obstinate in refusing; one who will not conform to general opinion or practice. 2. Eng. Hist.: One who refused to acknowledge the king's supremacy, or who refused or neglected to attend divine service in the Established Church, and to worship according to its forms and rites. It differed from a non-conformist in that it included Popish recusants. (In the example the word is apparently pronounced rě - cu - sant .) "But sith our Church him disciplined so sore, He, rank recusant , comes to church no more." Davies: Wit's Bedlam. rěc-u-şā-tion, s. [Lat. recusatio , from recusa tus , pa. par. of recuso to recuse (q. v.); Fr. récusa tion ; Sp. recusacion ; Ital. rec us azione .] *1. Ord . Lang .: A refusal. 2. Law : The act of refusing a judge, or of challenging that he shall not try the cause on the ground of his supposed partiality. re-cuş-a-tive, a . [Lat. recusat ( us ), pa. par. of recuso to recuse (q. v.); Eng. adj. suff. -ive .] Refusing, denying, negative; tending or prone to recuse or refuse. "It is acquisitive and effective, or recusative and destructive." Bp. Taylor: Rule of Conscience , bk. iv., ch. i., rule 1. rě-cūşe', v . t . [Fr. récuser, from Latin recuso ; Sp. & Port. recusar ; Ital. rec us are .] [RECUSANT.] *1. Ord . Lang .: To reject, to refuse. "She layd in her appeal, which also by the said judges was likewise recused." -Burnet: Records, vol. i., bk. ii., No. 28. 2. Law : To refuse a judge, or challenge that he shall not try a cause on the ground of his supposed partiality. "And also doe by these presentes refuse, recuse, and decline you my saide lord, and your said colleagues, and your jurisdiction upon causes a fores aide."- Fox : Martyrs, p. 1,207 (an. 1550).