rejolt

English

Etymology

From 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. Another jolt
2. A counter-jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

     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 […]

References

• “rejolt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• jolter