rejolt

English

Etymology

re- +‎ jolt

Pronunciation

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

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. A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, →OCLC:

     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 […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “rejolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• jolter