Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-FLICT'
CON-FLICT', v.i.
- To strike or dash against; to meet and oppose, as bodies driven by violence; as, conflicting waves or elements.
- To drive or strike against, as contending men, or armies; to fight; to contend with violence; as, conflicting armies.
- To strive or struggle to resist and overcome; as, men conflicting with difficulties.
- To be in opposition or contradictory. The laws of the United States and of the individual States, may, in some cases, conflict with each other. – Ogden, Wheaton's Rep.
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