Threap

[θri:p]

Definition

(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.

Inputed by George

Definition

v.t. (Scot.) to maintain persistently: to contradict: to urge to press eagerly.—v.i. to dispute.—n. stubborn insistence: contradiction: a freet.

Typed by Betsy