recuse

Borrowed from Old French recuser, from Latin recūsō, recūsāre (“I refuse, decline; I object to; I protest”). The word ruse is possibly related to the aforementioned. See recusant. See more at cause, accuse, excuse.

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkjuːz/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

recuse (third-person singular simple present recuses, present participle recusing, simple past and past participle recused)

1. (transitive) To refuse or reject (a judge); to declare that the judge shall not try the case or is disqualified from acting.

   The judge recused herself from that case, citing a possible conflict of interest.

2. (intransitive, of a judge) To refuse to act as a judge; to declare oneself disqualified from acting.

   The judge recused from the case, citing a possible conflict of interest.

• unrecuse

• recusal
• recusant
• recusancy

• Creuse, Rescue, cereus, ceruse, cursee, rescue, secuer, secure

recuse

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of recusar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of recusar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of recusar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of recusar

recuse

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recusar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recusar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recusar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of recusar.