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reluctate

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[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

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