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recalcitrate
[ ri-kal-si-treyt ]
verb (used without object)
- to resist or oppose; show strong objection or repugnance.
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·c·ٰtDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of recalcitrate1
Example Sentences
Here, dear Christopher, I recalcitrate, and decline printing the rest of the sentence; but as to "Things in General"—I am somewhat smitten with the suggestion.
Against all pretensions on the part of science or experimental reasoning to assume this post he was especially given to rebel and recalcitrate.
The people in some places recalcitrated violently; but the Jesuits and Ultramontanes triumphed.
Still there are some left who recalcitrate pertinaciously, clinging convulsively with hands and feet to their old ignorance.
He braced his feet and stood his ground, and made the wise men wait, While with his heels at all around he did recalcitrate.
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