(1):

(v. t.) To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so.

(2):

(v. t.) To cozen, or cheat.

(3):

(v. t.) To call; to name.

(4):

(v. i.) To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.

(5):

(n.) An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.

(6):

(v. t.) To beat, or thrash.