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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conflict \Con*flict"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Conflicted}; p. pr & vb n. {Conflicting}.] [L. conflictus p. p. of confligere to conflict (cf. conflictare); con- + fligere to strike; cf Gr fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, L. flagrum whip.] 1. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. --Shak. Fire and water conflicting together. --Bacon. 2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle. A man would be content to . . . conflict with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. --Abp. Tillotson 3. To be in opposition; to be contradictory. The laws of the United States and of the individual States may in some cases, conflict with each other --Wheaton. Syn: To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat; strive; battle. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Conflict \Con"flict\, n. [L. conflictus a striking together, fr confligere -flictum, to strike together, to fight: cf F. conflit, formerly also conflict. See {Conflict}, v.] 1. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as a conflict of elements or waves. 2. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting. As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again he became eager for action and conflict. --Macaulay. An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces. --W. H. Seward. {Conflict of laws}, that branch of jurisprudence which deals with individual litigation claimed to be subject to the conflicting laws of two or more states or nations; -- often used as synonymous with {Private international law}. Syn: Contest; collision; struggle; combat; strife; contention; battle; fight; encounter. See {Contest}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: conflict n 1: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: {struggle}, {battle}] 2: opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision" 3: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" [syn: {battle}, {fight}, {engagement}] 4: a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" 5: an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings" 6: opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing" 7: a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" [syn: {dispute}, {difference}, {difference of opinion}] v 1: be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!" 2: go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afould of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" [syn: {run afoul}, {infringe}, {contravene}]
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