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quarrelled |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quarrel \Quar"rel\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quarreled}or {Quarrelled}; p. pr & vb n. {Quarreling} or {Quarrelling}.] 1. To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out to be or become antagonistic. Our people quarrel with obedience. --Shak. But some defect in her Did quarrel with the noblest grace she owed. --Shak. 2. To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight. Beasts called sociable quarrel in hunger and lust. --Sir W. Temple. 3. To find fault; to cavil; as to quarrel with one's lot I will not quarrel with a slight mistake. --Roscommon.
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