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reluctate

[ ri-luhk-teyt ]

verb (used without object)

Obsolete.
reluctated, reluctating.
  1. to show reluctance.


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Other Word Forms

  • lܳ·ٲtDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of reluctate1

1635–45; < Latin ܳٳܲ, past participle of ܳī. See reluct, -ate 1
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Example Sentences

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We have no difficulty whatever in believing a mystery; but when we are required to embrace what so plainly seems to be an absurdity, we confess that our reason is either weak enough, or strong enough, to pause and reluctate.

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