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recalcitrated

recalcitrated is the simple past and past participle of recalcitrate.

Meaning of recalcitrate

Verb

recalcitrate (third-person singular simple present recalcitrates, present participle recalcitrating, simple past and past participle recalcitrated)

  1. (intransitive) To kick back; to kick against anything.
    • [The National Assembly] has to hear of innumerable fresh revolts, Brigand expeditions; of Chateaus in the West, especially of Charter-chests, Chartiers, set on fire; for there too the overloaded Ass frightfully recalcitrates.1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number)
  2. (broadly, transitive) To express repugnance or opposition.
    • The more one was indignant at being the object of such a man's contempt, the more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his kicks.1840, Thomas De Quincey, Society of the Lakes

Questions about recalcitrated

What is recalcitrated the simple past and past participle of?
Recalcitrated is the simple past and past participle of recalcitrate.

Words near recalcitrated in the dictionary

  1. recalcitrancy
  2. recalcitrant
  3. recalcitrantly
  4. recalcitrants
  5. recalcitrate
  6. recalcitrated
  7. recalcitrates
  8. recalcitrating
  9. recalcitration
  10. recalcitrations
  11. recalcs

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