RELUCT

Etymology

Verb

reluct (third-person singular simple present relucts, present participle relucting, simple past and past participle relucted)

(intransitive, obsolete, used with "at") To be averse to.

Noun

reluct

magnetic resistance, being equal to the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux

Anagrams

• Cutler, Lucret, culter, cutler

Source: Wiktionary


Re*luct" (r-lkt"), v. i. Etym: [L. reluctari, p. p. reluctatus, to struggle; pref. re- re- + luctari to struggle, fr. lucia a wresting.]

Definition: To strive or struggle against anything; to make resistance; to draw back; to feel or show repugnance or reluctance. Apt to reluct at the excesses of it [passion]. Walton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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