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Meaning of respuate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To refuse or reject.

obsolete, rare

Examples

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

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

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

respuated respuates respuating respun resputter resputtered