recalcitrate
Americanverb (used without object)
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Etymology
Origin of recalcitrate
1615–25; < Latin recalcitrātus, past participle of recalcitrāre; see recalcitrant, -ate 1
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And the West is kicking, kicking with both feet, kicking like a bay steer who has a kick coming and knows how to recalcitrate.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 by Brann, William Cowper
Against all pretensions on the part of science or experimental reasoning to assume this post he was especially given to rebel and recalcitrate.
From William Blake A Critical Essay by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
While in Europe the same classes sometimes recalcitrate even against the supreme power, the American submits without a murmur to the authority of the pettiest magistrate.
From American Institutions and Their Influence by Tocqueville, Alexis de
Wherefore recalcitrate against that will, From which the end can never be cut off, And which has many times increased your pain?
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Whilst in Europe the same classes sometimes recalcitrate even against the supreme power, the American submits without a murmur to the authority of the pettiest magistrate.
From Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Reeves, Henry
Still there remained a considerable number both of heretic Brethren of the Free Spirit and of orthodox Beghards of both sexes who recalcitrated of being thus brought under rule and deprived of their accustomed independence.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
The people in some places recalcitrated violently; but the Jesuits and Ultramontanes triumphed.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 by Various
Instead of ready-money, there is nothing but rebellious debating and recalcitrating.
From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas
August made no moaning or recalcitrating; took, on the prescribed terms, the inevitable that had come.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 09 by Carlyle, Thomas
Again and again, as the magnitude of the task became manifest, we find him doubting, hesitating, recalcitrating, and yet captive.
From Thomas Carlyle by Nichol, John
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