(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.
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