† reluctatev.
Obsolete.
1.
a. intransitive. To offer resistance; to strive or struggle against something; to display reluctance.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > resist
withstandc950
to make debatea1375
repugna1382
resista1547
reluct1547
reluctate1640
recalcitrate1647
renite1647
to fight back1890
1640 D. Featley et al. Θρηνοικος (new ed.) xiii. 268 No marvell though nature reluctate, and we looke upon it, as on the face of an Enemie.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. 184 Having..something within him, which reluctated against those superstitions.
1707 S. Wright Funeral Serm. 37 If at any time Nature seem'd to reluctate, and grow fretful, he would presently suppress its risings.
1848 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. vi. 325 The sophist..strongly reluctates against..vulgar illustrations of so ‘noble’ a subject.
1885 G. H. Howison in Overland Monthly Dec. 652/1 So long as we remain prepossessed in favor of our freedom,..will our nature reluctate, and even revolt, at the prospect of having to accept the pantheistic view.
b. transitive. To resist, to reject.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > strive against
to stand with ——OE
warc1230
contrast1489
gainstrive1549
oppugn1591
warsle1606
combat1627
stickle1627
reluctate1668
antagonize1742
to fight up against1768
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [verb (transitive)] > reject
awarpc1000
forwerpeOE
warpc1000
nillOE
warnc1300
reprovec1350
to put abacka1382
to throw awaya1382
repugnc1384
to put awaya1387
waivec1386
forshoota1400
disavowc1400
defyc1405
disprovec1430
repelc1443
flemea1450
to put backa1500
reject?1504
refutea1513
repulse1533
refel1548
repudiate1548
disallowa1555
project?1567
expel1575
discard1578
overrule1578
forsay1579
check1601
decard1605
dismiss1608
reprobate1609
devow1610
retorta1616
disclaimc1626
noforsootha1644
respuate1657
reluctate1668
negative1778
no-ball1862
basket1867
to set one's foot down1873
not to have any (of it, that, this)1895
to put down1944
eighty-six1959
neg1987
1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous xii. 213 This change of inclinations, and dispositions towards God, is that which of all other, the soul doth most strongly reluctate and strive against.
1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace i. 12 That mans soul, whose thoughts reluctate, decline, or nauseate so holy and pure an object.
1703 W. Burkitt Expos. Notes New Test. John xxi. 19 Humane Nature in Christ's ministers as well as in other Men reluctates Sufferings.
1860 Ohio Educ. Monthly Aug. 290 All these impulses demand gratification, and strongly reluctate either restraint or denial.
2. transitive. To feel reluctance to do something.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > unwillingness > be unwilling [verb (intransitive)]
nillOE
loathea1200
to make it tough1297
forthinka1300
reckc1300
ruea1400
to make (it) strangec1405
to make strangenessc1407
stick1418
resistc1425
to make (it) strange?1456
steek1478
tarrowc1480
doubt1483
sunyie1488
to make (it) nice1530
stay1533
shentc1540
to make courtesy (at)1542
to make it scrupulous1548
to think (it) much1548
to make dainty of (anything)1555
to lie aback1560
stand1563
steek1573
to hang back1581
erch1584
to make doubt1586
to hang the groin1587
to make scruple (also a, no, etc., scruple)1589
yearn1597
to hang the winga1601
to make squeamish1611
smay1632
bogglea1638
to hang off1641
waver1643
reluct1648
shy1650
reluctate1655
stickle1656
scruple1660
to make boggle1667
revere1689
begrudge1690
to have scruples1719
stopc1738
bitch1777
reprobate1779
crane1823
disincline1885
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. v. xvi. 148 As for such whose consciences reluctated to publish the Declaration, various were their evasions.
1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iv. 148 Every dispassionate mind reluctates to admit a principle that seems so pregnant with mischief.
1867 Brit. Harbinger 1 June 192 However much we reluctate to cultivate this fruit from such a stubborn soil, it is the only way in which God gives it us.
3. intransitive. U.S. To recoil from something. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from action [verb (intransitive)] > avoid > shrink or recoil
wondec897
blencha1250
shunta1250
scurnc1325
blenka1330
blinka1400
startc1400
shrink1508
blanch1572
swerve1573
shruga1577
flinch1578
recoil1582
budgea1616
shucka1620
smay1632
blunk1655
shudder1668
resile1678
skew1678
reluctate1833
1833 G. Spring Hints to Parents 4 The spirit..that reluctates from violating a parent's authority.
a1865 F. Wayland in F. W. Goddard Polit. & Misc. Writings W. G. Goddard (1870) 527 His mind rather reluctated from those forms of intellectual labor on which such knowledge depends.
Derivatives
reluctating adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > striving against
reluctating1668
1668 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety (new ed.) vi. 131 Men are fain to devise arguments and colours to delude their reluctating consciences.
a1720 J. Jeffrey Compl. Coll. Serm. (1751) I. 46 Against all the reluctating endeavours that are possible.
1890 Southeastern Reporter 11 412/1 From the moment that poor, halting, hesitating and reluctating Mr. Strange opened the extraordinary proposal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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