RECALCITRATE

v.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

To kick against; to show repugnance to; to rebuff. The more heartily did one disdain his disdain, and recalcitrate his tricks. De Quincey.

2.
v.

To kick back; to kick against anything; hence, to express repugnance or opposition.