By leaven soured we made relishable bread for the use of man

Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 346. ter , relutter , F. relutter = Sp. reluchar = Pg. re luctar = It. reluttare , reluct are , reluctari , struggle against, oppose, resist, re- , back, + luctari , struggle: see luctation .] To strive or struggle against something; make resistance; exhibit reluctance. [Obsolete or archaic.] We with studied mixtures force our relucting appetites, and with all the spells of epicurism conjure them up, that we may lay them again. Decay of Christian Piety . I care not to be carried with the tide that smoothly bears human life to eternity, and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny. Lamb , New Year's Eve.