rejolt
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (verb) /ɹɪˈdʒoʊlt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - 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)
- (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
- June 29 1697, John Locke, letter to the Bishop of Worcester
Noun
rejolt (plural rejolts)
- Another jolt
- 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 […]
References
- “rejolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.