Respuate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Respuate is a verb meaning (obsolete, rare) To refuse or reject.
Meaning
(obsolete, rare) To refuse or reject.
Example Sentences
[…] but I must entreat the reader, if he be disposed to respuate these verses, not to conclude, that ours was no poet, […]
[…] for, although, I be quinquagenarius, or fifty years of age, yet what Virgin in Florence will respuat me when I abound in riches, […]
Word Forms
- respuates
- respuating
- respuated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include repulse, recuse, refudiate, refuse, repudiate, reject.
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