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• (v. i.) To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. • (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. • (v. t.) To beat, or thrash. • (n.) An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirma...
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Threap (thrēp)
transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Threaped ;
present participle & verbal noun Threaping .] [ Anglo-Saxon
þreápian to reprove.] [ Written also
threpe , and
threip .]
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Threap intransitive verb To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] « It's not for a man with a woman to
threap .»
Percy's Reliques. Found on
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Threap noun An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] « He was taken a
threap that he would have it finished before the year was done.»
Carlyle. Found on
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No exact match found.
