† reˈjounce Obs.
Also 6 reiounse.
[f. re- + jounce v.]
intr. a. To occur or recur to the mind after the manner of a bump or thump. b. ? To be recalcitrant or refractory.
1556 J. Heywood Spider & F. lvi. 27 Peace dawpates; while I tell a thing now reiounst In my head, which to vtter I am compounst. 1567 Drant Horace, De Arte Poet. B iij, So that this thing to multiplie still in theire mynde reiounses. a 1644 Quarles Virgin Widow iv. i, Poyson doe thy worst. Hah! Dost thou rejounce? Thy Power's curb'd, and cannot work her end. |