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Recoil \Re*coil"\ (r[-e]*koil"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recoiled}
(r[-e]*koild"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recoiling}.] [OE. recoilen,
F. reculer, fr. L. pref. re- re- culus the fundament. The
English word was perhaps influenced in form by accoil.]
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1. To start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a
reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to
return.
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Evil on itself shall back recoil. --Milton.
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The solemnity of her demeanor made it impossible . .
. that we should recoil into our ordinary spirits.
--De Quincey.
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2. To draw back, as from anything repugnant, distressing,
alarming, or the like; to shrink. --Shak.
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3. To turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
[Obs.] "To your bowers recoil." --Spenser.
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