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Webster 1913 Edition
Recalcitrate
Re-cal′ci-trate
(rē̍-kăl′sĭ-trāt)
, Verb.
T.
To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff.
The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and
recalcitrate
his tricks. De Quincey.
Re-cal′ci-trate
,Verb.
I.
To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.