respuate

English

Verb

1. (obsolete, rare) To refuse or reject.
   • 1663, William Clark (advocate), “Scaena Septima”, in William H. Logan, editor, Marciano; or, the Discovery. A Tragi-Comedy.‎^[1], Edinburgh: Reprinted for Private Circulation, published 1871, page 38:

     […] for, although, I be quinquagenarius, or fifty years of age, yet what Virgin in Florence will respuat me when I abound in riches, […]

   • 1824, Robert Charles Sands, “An Indian Eclogue.”, in The Atlantic Magazine‎^[2], volume 1, New York: E. Bliss & E. White, page 257:

     […] but I must entreat the reader, if he be disposed to respuate these verses, not to conclude, that ours was no poet, […]

Anagrams

• epurates, superate