Reluct Definition
rĭ-lŭkt
relucts
verb
To struggle (against); revolt (at)
Webster's New World
To offer opposition; show reluctance.
Webster's New World
1839, Charles Lamb, New Year's Eve.
I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny.
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1879, George Putnam, Sermons preached in the church of the first religious society in Roxbury.
[M]iracles, if you accept them, will not help it very much; or if you reluct at them, and ignore them, your faith remains unshaken and entire.
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Origin of Reluct
Latin reluctārī re- re- luctārī to struggle
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Originally from Latin reluctor.
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