calcitrate

English

Etymology

Latin calcitratus, past participle of calcitrare.

Verb

calcitrate (third-person singular simple present calcitrates, present participle calcitrating, simple past and past participle calcitrated)

1. (archaic, formal, transitive, intransitive) To kick.

Related terms

• calcitrant
• calcitration
• recalcitrant

References

• “calcitrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

calcitrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of calcitrō