Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To kick back; to kick against anything.

  2. (broadly, transitive)To express repugnance or opposition.

    show strong objection or repugnance; manifest vigorous opposition or resistance; be obstinately disobedient

Forms

recalcitrates, recalcitrating, recalcitrated, recalcitrated
Base formrecalcitrate · to recalcitrate
3rd person singularrecalcitrates
Present participlerecalcitrating
Past simplerecalcitrated
Past participlerecalcitrated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrecalcitrate
he, she, itrecalcitrates

Past simpleLesson

all personsrecalcitrated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave recalcitrated
he, she, ithas recalcitrated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill recalcitrate

Word family

2 related words
Relatedrecalcitrantrecalcitrance

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rebukeC2rebutrebuttalrecrecallB1recantrecap
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