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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.
quarrel
n 1: an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"
[syn: wrangle, row, words, run-in, dustup]
2: an arrow that is shot from a crossbow; has a head with four
edges
v : have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the
question as to who discovered America"; "These tewo
fellows are always scrapping over something" [syn: dispute,
scrap, argufy, altercate]
[also: quarrelling, quarrelled]