rejolt

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ jolt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (verb) /ɹɪˈdʒoʊlt/
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  • IPA(key): (noun) /ˈɹiːdʒoʊlt/
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Verb

rejolt (third-person singular simple present rejolts, present participle rejolting, simple past and past participle rejolted)

  1. (rare) To jolt or shake again.
    • June 29 1697, John Locke, letter to the Bishop of Worcester
      I have repeated And this twenty times to my ſelf and my weak Understanding always rejolts

Noun

rejolt (plural rejolts)

  1. Another jolt
  2. A counter-jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
    • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:
      And as long as these inward Rejolts and Recoilings of the Mind continue (which they will certainly do for a considerable Part of a Man's Life) the Sinner will find his Accounts of Pleasure very poor and short []

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