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Webster 1913 Edition

(r?-l?kt′)

Verb.

[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 [passion].

Walton.

Verb.

[L. reluctor; re and luctor, to struggle.] To strive or struggle against. [Little used.]