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reluctate

American  
[ri-luhk-teyt] / rɪˈlʌk teɪt /

verb (used without object)

Obsolete.
reluctated, reluctating

  1. to show reluctance.

Other Word Forms

  • reluctation noun

Etymology

Origin of reluctate

1635–45; < Latin reluctātus, past participle of reluctārī. See reluct, -ate 1

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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