| 单词 | cartel of defiance |
| 释义 | > as lemmascartel of defiance 2. The act of defying or challenging to fight; a challenge or summons to a combat or contest; a challenge to make good or maintain a cause, assertion, etc. cartel of defiance: see cartel n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to > act of challenging defyingc1300 defiancec1430 defialc1470 provocation1484 the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance despitec1380 cartel of defiancec1430 facing1481 facing and bracing1481 bearding1577 dare1594 braving1616 stouting1630 outbraving1631 affront1642 defiance1710 defial1793 bravadoing1809 bravading1812 defiantness1872 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > challenge or challenging > [noun] challengec1325 challenging1330 defiancec1430 defya1586 provocatory1611 provoke1824 society > armed hostility > [noun] > challenge to appeala1450 provocation1484 challenge1530 defya1586 gagea1592 dare1594 defiance1597 c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) ii. Prol. 40 a Vertue on fortune maketh a defiaunce. 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Brennus xxv To sound defiaunce, fyre, and sword and fight. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 129 Shall we..send Defiance to the traitor. View more context for this quotation 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 303 Saluted by a letter of defiance, which marked out the houre and the place where he should come with a second. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Defiance..a challenge to make any impeachment good. 1831 D. Brewster Life I. Newton xii. 214 He could not dispense with answering..Sir Isaac Newton..who had given him a defiance in express terms. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. ix. 372 To the king, the pope's conduct appeared a defiance; and as a defiance he accepted it. < as lemmas |
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