recalcitrate

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/ɹɪˈkælsɪtɹeɪt/

verb

To kick back; to kick against anything.

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Meanings

verbrecalcitrate (third-person singular simple present recalcitrates, present participle recalcitrating, simple past and past participle recalcitrated)

present singular third person recalcitrates · participle present recalcitrating · participle past recalcitrated · past recalcitrated

  1. intransitiveTo kick back; to kick against anything.

    [The National Assembly] has to hear of innumerable fresh revolts, Brigand expeditions; of Chateaus in the West, especially of Charter-chests, Chartiers, set on fire; for there too the overloaded Ass frightfully recalcitrates.

    1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)
  2. broadlytransitiveTo express repugnance or opposition.

    The more one was indignant at being the object of such a man's contempt, the more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his kicks.

    1840, Thomas De Quincey, Society of the Lakes
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APA

recalcitrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalcitrate

MLA

“recalcitrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalcitrate. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recalcitrate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recalcitrate.

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