recoil (v.) Old form(s): Recoyle
fall away, degenerate, give way
Cym I.vii.128.1[Iachimo to Innogen] Be revenged, / Or ... you / Recoil from your great stock [i.e. prove degenerate]
Mac IV.iii.19[Malcolm to Macduff] A good and virtuous nature may recoil / In an imperial charge
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