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De - Pt| English Dictionary: recoiled | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Recoil \Re*coil"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recoiled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Recoiling}.] [OE. recoilen, F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- + culus the fundament. The English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.] 1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to return. Evil on itself shall back recoil. --Milton. The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . . . that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits. --De Quincey. 2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing, alarming, or the like; to shrink. --Shak. 3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire. [Obs.] [bd]To your bowers recoil.[b8] --Spenser. | |
