recalcitrate

[ri-kal-si-treyt]

verb (used without object)

recalcitrated, recalcitrating 

1. to resist or oppose; show strong objection or repugnance.

Other Word Forms

• recalcitration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of recalcitrate¹

1615–25; < Latin recalcitrātus, past participle of recalcitrāre; recalcitrant, -ate ¹

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.

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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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Related Words

• contravene 
• defy 
• evade 
• flout 
• ignore 
• infringe 
• misbehave 
• overstep 
• transgress 
• violate