Re*lodge" (r?-l?j"), v. t. To lodge again.
Re*love" (-l?v"), v. t. To love in return. [Obs.] Boyle.
Re*lu"cent (r?-l?"sent), a. [L. relucens, p. pr. relucere. See Lucent.]
Reflecting light; shining; glittering; glistening; bright; luminous;
splendid.
Gorgeous banners to the sun expand Their streaming volumes of
relucent gold.
Glover.
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 [passion].
Walton.
{ Re*luc"tance (r?-l?k"tans), Re*luc"tan*cy (-tan-s?), } n. [See
Reluctant.] The state or quality of being reluctant; repugnance;
aversion of mind; unwillingness; -- often followed by an infinitive, or
by to and a noun, formerly sometimes by against. "Tempering the
severity of his looks with a reluctance to the action." Dryden.
He had some reluctance to obey the summons.
Sir W. Scott.
Bear witness, Heaven, with what reluctancy Her helpless innocence I
doom to die.
Dryden.
Syn. See Dislike.
Re*luc"tant (-tant), a. [L. reluctans, -antis, p. pr. of reluctari. See
Reluct.] 1. Striving against; opposed in desire; unwilling;
disinclined; loth.
Reluctant, but in vain.
Milton.
Reluctant now I touched the trembling string.
Tickell.
2. Proceeding from an unwilling mind; granted with reluctance; as,
reluctant obedience. Mitford.
Syn. -- Averse; unwilling; loth; disinclined; repugnant; backward; coy.
See Averse.
Re*luc"tant*ly, adv. In a reluctant manner.
Re*luc"tate (-t?t), v. i. [See Reluct.] To struggle against anything;
to resist; to oppose. [Obs.] "To delude their reluctating consciences."
Dr. H. More.
Rel`uc*ta"tion (r?l`?k-t?"sh?n), n. Repugnance; resistance; reluctance.
[Obs.] Bacon.
Re*lume" (r?-l?m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relumed (-l?md"); p. pr. & vb.
n. Reluming.] [OF. relumer (cf. F. rallumer), L. reluminare; pref. re-
re- + luminare to light. Cf. Reillume.] To rekindle; to light again.
Relumed her ancient light, not kindled new.
Pope.