reest
verb
ˈrēst 
reested; reesting; reests
intransitive verb
chiefly Scotland
: balk
Word History
Etymology
probably short for Scots arreest to arrest, from Middle English (Scots) arreisten, from Anglo-French arester — more at arrest
First Known Use
1786, in the meaning defined above
- representatives-at-large
- representativities
- representativity
- representator
- represented
- representee
- representer
- representers
- representing
- representment
- representments
- representor
- represents
- repress
- repressed
- repressed inflation
- represser
- repressers
- represses
- repressibilities
- repressibility
- repressible
- repressibleness
- repressing
- repression