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recalcitrate

[ ri-kal-si-treyt ]

verb (used without object)

recalcitrated, recalcitrating.
  1. to resist or oppose; show strong objection or repugnance.


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·c·ٰtDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of recalcitrate1

1615–25; < Latin 𳦲ٰٳܲ, past participle of 𳦲ٰ; recalcitrant, -ate 1
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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.

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Against all pretensions on the part of science or experimental reasoning to assume this post he was especially given to rebel and recalcitrate.

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The people in some places recalcitrated violently; but the Jesuits and Ultramontanes triumphed.

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Still there are some left who recalcitrate pertinaciously, clinging convulsively with hands and feet to their old ignorance.

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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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