Contention, strife, a dispute; also, abuse, an abusive speech. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun] > instance of (23) flitec1000 Contention, strife, a dispute; also, abuse, an abusive speech. Obsolete. plead1379 Dispute, controversy; a quarrel; (Law) a suit or action at law. to hold plead: to hold a court, assembly, etc.; to try an action at law. Cf. plea, n.… traverse1415 A difference of opinion; a dispute; a controversy. Obsolete. controversyc1430 An argument or dispute on a matter of opinion; a (typically heated) discussion involving contrary opinions; esp. one conducted publicly (as in the… disputation1557 with a and plural. A discussion, a dispute. tilt1567 transferred and figurative. An encounter, combat, contest; a debate, public dispute or discussion. In 17–18th centuries often applied to a duel. wrangle1579 A disputatious answer or argument. Obsolete. controverse1596 = controversy, n. velitation1607 figurative. A wordy skirmish or encounter; a controversy, debate, or dispute not carried to extremes. (Very common in 17th cent.) dispute1611 An occasion or instance of the same; an argumentative contention or debate, a controversy; also, in weakened sense, a difference of opinion… rixation1623 A quarrel, an argument; (occasionally) a fight, a brawl. Also: contention, dispute. polemic1626 A controversial argument; a strong verbal or written attack on a person, opinion, doctrine, etc.; (as a mass noun) writing or opinion of this kind… fireball1638 figurative. A speech, remark, etc., intended to cause trouble, disturbance, or commotion. Cf. hand grenade, n. 1b. Obsolete. polemy1642 Controversy, opinionated argument; polemics; an instance of this, a dispute. In early use also: †warfare (obsolete). risse1684 A dispute, a quarrel. polemical1808 A polemical argument; a diatribe, a polemic. Usually in plural. spar1836 transferred. A wordy contest or dispute. row1879 In extended use (without implication of noise): a serious dispute between two groups or parties; a fierce controversy about or over something. set-to1898 gen. and figurative. A fight, contest. Also, in weakened sense: an argument, a heated debate. cag1916 An argument. barge1934 An argument, dispute. yike1976 An argument, a dispute; a fight, a brawl. Occasionally as v. intransitive. stand-up2005 colloquial (now chiefly British and Irish English). Originally: †(Boxing) a match in which the combatants stand up fairly to one another without… |
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