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threpe

Threap \Threap\ (thr[=e]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Threaped; p. pr. & vb. n. Threaping.] [AS. [thorn]re['a]pian to reprove.] [Written also threpe, and threip.]

  1. To call; to name. [Obs.]

  2. 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. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
    --Burns.

  3. To beat, or thrash. [Prov. Eng.]
    --Halliwell.

  4. To cozen, or cheat. [Prov. Eng.]
    --Halliwell.

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threpe

vb. 1 (context obsolete English) to threap 2 (context archaic English) to call, to term 3 (context archaic English) to insist