Rewalt
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To overturn; throw down. rare, transitive
"They say his errand is to see the galleass, that is utterly rewalted and sunk in the sand, never to be recovered; and also to speak with them at Calais that was within the galleass, and now to go into Spain."
- 2 To give up; surrender obsolete, rare, transitive
Example
More examples"They say his errand is to see the galleass, that is utterly rewalted and sunk in the sand, never to be recovered; and also to speak with them at Calais that was within the galleass, and now to go into Spain."
Etymology
From Middle English *rewalten, equivalent to re- + walt.
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