recalcitrate
Americanverb (used without object)
Other Word Forms
- recalcitration noun
Etymology
Origin of recalcitrate
1615–25; < Latin recalcitrātus, past participle of recalcitrāre; recalcitrant, -ate 1
Example Sentences
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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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