[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recoil \recoil"\ r-ekoil", v. i. imp.  p. p. recoiled
   r-ekoild"; 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.
   1913 webster
   1. to start, roll, bound, spring, or fall back; to take a
      reverse motion; to be driven or forced backward; to
      return.
      1913 webster

            evil on itself shall back recoil.     --milton.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

   3. to turn or go back; to withdraw one's self; to retire.
      obs. "to your bowers recoil." --spenser.
      1913 webster
see also:
recoiled recoiling 

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