Dint
[dɪnt]
Definition
(noun.) interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'.
Edited by Gail--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A blow; a stroke.
(n.) The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
(n.) Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of.
(v. t.) To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.
Editor: Stu
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1].Dent, indentation.[2].Force, power.
Editor: Vito
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Agency, instrumentality, force, power, emcacy
ANT:Weakness, inoperativeness, inefficacy, uselessness, helplessness, opposition, counterforce
Typist: Ruben
Definition
n. a blow or stroke: the mark of a blow (often Dent): force: power (as in 'by dint of').—v.t. to make a dint in.
Editor: Solomon
Examples
- By dint of alternate threats, promises, and bribes, the lady in question was ultimately prevailed upon to undertake the commission. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And I should never succeed in anything by dint of drudgery. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- By dint of hard scrambling he finally straddled the top, but some loose stones crumbled away and fell with a crash into the court within. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Had I been a gentleman, I believe I should have helped him off the premises by dint of physical force. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At length, by mere dint of rowing, we reached the French coast. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The very resolution to which he had wrought himself by dint of logic and honorable pride was beginning to relax under her torpedo contact. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But is it not possible, I urged, by dint of patience and exertion, to discover additional evidence? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The brooding Lammle, with certain white dints coming and going in his palpitating nose, looked as if some tormenting imp were pinching it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In those two compressions, or dints, the only little change that the face ever showed, resided. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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