intransitive. To be defiant; to act in a defiant or stubborn manner. Obsolete.
| 单词 | θ87175 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > defy (8) stout1303 intransitive. To be defiant; to act in a defiant or stubborn manner. Obsolete. to be (also meet, run) in a person's beardc1380 in (also to) a person's beard: in (or to) a person's face; openly, resolutely. Now rare. to face and brace1447 To bluster, domineer; to assume a defiant attitude; chiefly in phrase to face and brace. Obsolete. to stout it1570 quasi-transitive. to stout it = sense 1. Obsolete. to bid defiance1629 transitive. †to bid (any one) battle, arms: to offer battle to, challenge to fight. Obsolete. to bid defiance (still in use). (With past tense bade… to stout it outa1639 quasi-transitive. to stout it out: to persist in a defiant attitude, e.g. when detected in a falsehood, or when hard pressed; to ‘brave it out’. Now… bravado1801 intransitive. To show bravado, talk defiantly, put on a bold face. to breast it out1815 to breast it out: to stand firm. Cf. to face it out at face, v. phrases 1d. rare. |
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