reluctate

[ri-luhk-teyt]

verb (used without object)

Obsolete.

reluctated, reluctating 

1. to show reluctance.

Other Word Forms

• reluctation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of reluctate¹

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

Example Sentences

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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