1) Act stubbornly 2) Argue 3) Contend 4) Contend stubbornly 5) Debate 6) Demur 7) Dispute or argue stubbornly 8) Fence 9) Scruple 10) To raise objections
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1) Argue
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• (v. t.) To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate. • (v. i.) To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim. • (v. i.) To separate combatants by intervening. • (v. t.) To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants. • (v. i.) To contend, co...
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Stic'kle intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Stickled ;
present participle & verbal noun Stickling .] [ Probably from Middle English
stightlen ,
sti...tlen , to dispose, arrange, govern, freq. of
stihten ...
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Stic'kle noun [ Confer
stick ,
transitive verb & i. ] A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.] « Patient anglers, standing all the day Near to some shallow
stickle or deep bay.»
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Stic'kle transitive verb 1. To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants. [ Obsolete] « Which [ question] violently they pursue, Nor
stickled would they be.»
Drayton. 2. To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; he...
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[
v] - dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
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to argue or haggle insistently, esp. on trivial matters. · to raise objections; scruple; demur.
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