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(v. t.) To call; to name.
(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.
(v. t.) To cozen, or cheat.
(v. i.) To contend obstinately; to be pertinacious.
(n.) An obstinate decision or determination; a pertinacious affirmation.