RELUCTED

Verb

relucted

simple past tense and past participle of reluct

Anagrams

• lectured

Source: Wiktionary


RELUCT

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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