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.