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reluctated

reluctated is the simple past and past participle of reluctate.

Meaning of reluctate

Verb

reluctate (third-person singular simple present reluctates, present participle reluctating, simple past and past participle reluctated)

  1. (obsolete) To be reluctant; to resist or oppose.
    • to delude their reluctating consciences1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC

Questions about reluctated

What is reluctated the simple past and past participle of?
Reluctated is the simple past and past participle of reluctate.

Words near reluctated in the dictionary

  1. reluctant
  2. reluctant dragon
  3. reluctant dragons
  4. reluctantly
  5. reluctate
  6. reluctated
  7. reluctates
  8. reluctating
  9. reluctation
  10. reluctations
  11. relucted

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