† rehalev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To pull back, reclaim.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (transitive)] > pull > pull back
reduce?a1425
retract?a1475
retraha1513
retire1594
disadvance1596
repair1596
rehale1613
repull1632
revulsec1694
1613 R.S. Late Newes out of Barbary sig. B4v This King sent forces to expell them, but found them so strong that they durst not meddle with them: whereupon was forced to rehale his Almahalla some fifteen dayes since.
a1618 J. Sylvester tr. St. Lewis in tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Diuine Weekes & Wks. (1621) 1063 Horatius..Re-heartens His: re-haleth from the Fo Fair Victory, ready with Them to go.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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