Recoiling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of something that recoils.
"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 […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of recoil form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Recoiling in dismay from the difficulties presented by the study of mathematics and annoyed at his slow progress, he inquired of the celebrated geometer if there was not some royal road, could he not learn geometry more easily than by studying the Elements."
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