Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To struggle against something; be reluctant.
  • To struggle against; encounter with reluctance or unwillingness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb obsolete To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.

Etymologies

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See reluct.

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Examples

  • 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.

    A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory Albert Taylor Bledsoe 1843

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