reluct
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ɹɪˈlʌkt/
Definition of reluct
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive, obsolete)To be averse to.
“He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.”
“I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny.”
“[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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verb
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(intransitive, obsolete)To be averse to.
“He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.”
“I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny.”
“[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.”
noun
- magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin reluctor.
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