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relucting

relucting is the present participle and gerund of reluct.

Meaning of reluct

Verb

reluct (third-person singular simple present relucts, present participle relucting, simple past and past participle relucted)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To be averse to.
    • He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.1639, The Life of Dr. John Donne

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Questions about relucting

What is relucting the present participle and gerund of?
Relucting is the present participle and gerund of reluct.

Words near relucting in the dictionary

  1. reluctates
  2. reluctating
  3. reluctation
  4. reluctations
  5. relucted
  6. relucting
  7. reluctivities
  8. reluctivity
  9. reluctor
  10. relucts
  11. relume

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