1. Verb
To separate combatants by intervening.
2. Verb
To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
3. Verb
To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
4. Verb
To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
5. Verb
To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.
6. Verb
A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.
7. Verb
dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
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