RELUCT

reluct|reluctate. Reluct, or Reluctate, v.i. to struggle against, to resist

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Re‐luct″ (r?–l?kt″), v. i. [[L. reluctari, p. p. reluctatus, to struggle; pref. re- re- + luctari to struggle, fr. lucia a wresting.]] 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 . Walton.