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Webster 1913 Edition

Conflict

Con′flict

,
Noun.
[L.
conflictus
a striking together, fr.
confligere
,
-flictum
, to strike together, to fight: cf. F.
conflit
, formerly also
conflict
. See
Conflict
,
Verb.
]
1.
A striking or dashing together; violent collision;
as, a
conflict
of elements or waves
.
2.
A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting.
As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he became eager for action and
conflict
.
Macaulay.
An irrepressible
conflict
between opposing and enduring forces.
W. H. Seward.
Syn. – Contest; collision; struggle; combat; strife; contention; battle; fight; encounter. See
Contest
.

Con-flict′

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Conflicted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Conflicting
.]
[L.
conflictus
, p. p. of
confligere
to conflict (cf.
conflictare
);
con-
+
fligere
to strike; cf. Gr.
φλίβειν
,
θλίβειν
, to press, L.
flagrum
whip.]
1.
To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide.
Shak.
Fire and water
conflicting
together.
Bacon.
2.
To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
A man would be content to . . .
conflict
with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward.
Abp. Tillotson.
3.
To be in opposition; to be contradictory.
Syn. – To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat; strive; battle.
Torn with sundry
conflicting
passions.
Bp. Hurd.

Webster 1828 Edition

Conflict

CONFLICT

,
Noun.
[L., to strike, to flog, to lick.]
1.
A striking or dashing against each other, as of two moving bodies in opposition; violent collision of substances; as a conflict of elements, or waves; a conflict of particles in ebulltion.
2.
A fighting; combat, as between men, and applicable to individuals or to armies; as, the conflict was long and desperate.
3.
Contention; strife; contest.
In our last conflict, four of his five wits went halting off.
4.
Struggling with difficulties; a striving to oppose, or overcome.
The good man has a perpetual conflict with his evil propensities.
5.
A struggling of the mind; distress; anxiety. Colossians 2.
6.
The last struggle of life; agony; as the conflict with death.
7.
Opposing operations; countervailing action; collision; opposition.
In exercising the right of freemen, the man of religion experiences no conflict between his duty and his inclination.

CONFLICT

, v.i.
1.
To strike or dash against; to meet and oppose, as bodies driven by violence; as conflicting waves or elements.
2.
To drive or strike against, as contending men, or armies; to fight; to contend with violence; as conflicting armies.
3.
To strive or struggle to resist and overcome; as men conflicting with difficulties.
4.
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.

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