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Definition of Reluctate
1. v. i. To struggle against anything; to resist; to oppose.
Definition of Reluctate
1. [v -TATED, -TATING, -TATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reluctate
Literary usage of Reluctate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget, Samuel Romilly Roget (1879)
"... reluctate, withstand ; stand up -, strive -, bear up -, be proof -, make head-
against; stand, - firm, ..."
2. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1885)
"... and yearn for a life that may put death itself beneath our feet: so long will
our nature reluctate, and even revolt, at the prospect of having to accept ..."
3. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"... knowing the author 10 much an admirer of you, that he cannot reluctate) whether
more worthy of your pity or your approbation, none can bct- tei j'ldj-f, ..."
4. The Journal of Speculative Philosophy: Ed. by Wm. T. Harris edited by William Torrey Harris (1885)
"... so long will our nature reluctate, and even revolt, at the prospect of having
to accept the pantheistic view; so long shall we inevitably draw back from ..."
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