rewalt

verb — 2 senses

verb

Etymology From Middle English *rewalten, equivalent to re- + walt.

Rare To overturn; throw down.

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.1894, John Knox Laughton, Defeat of the Spanish Armada:

Obsolete, Rare To give up; surrender

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