The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
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The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation.
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The act of resisting; opposition, passive or active.
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Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.
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Inclined to dispute; apt to civil or controvert; characterized by dispute; as, a disputatious person or temper.
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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
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To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wra…
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