I.to kick back (of horses); transf.
1. (Poet.) To deny access, Hor. S. 2, 1, 20.—
2. (Late Lat.) To be petulant, disobedient: “incrassatus est dilectus, et recalcitravit,” Vulg. Deut. 32, 15; cf.: “majestati Augustae recalcitrans,” Amm. 14, 7, 14; 15, 7, 9; 22, 11, 5.