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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Conflict \Con"flict\, n. [L. conflictus a striking together, fr. confligere, -flictum, to strike together, to fight: cf. F. conflit, formerly also conflict. See {Conflict}, v.] 1. A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves. [1913 Webster] 2. A strife for the mastery; hostile contest; battle; struggle; fighting. [1913 Webster] As soon as he [Atterbury] was himself again, he became eager for action and conflict. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] An irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces. --W. H. Seward. [1913 Webster] {Conflict of laws}, that branch of jurisprudence which deals with individual litigation claimed to be subject to the conflicting laws of two or more states or nations; -- often used as synonymous with {Private international law}. Syn: Contest; collision; struggle; combat; strife; contention; battle; fight; encounter. See {Contest}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Conflict \Con*flict"\, v. 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. fli`bein, qli`bein, to press, L. flagrum whip.] 1. To strike or dash together; to meet in violent collision; to collide. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Fire and water conflicting together. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle. [1913 Webster] A man would be content to . . . conflict with great difficulties, in hopes of a mighty reward. --Abp. Tillotson. [1913 Webster] 3. To be in opposition; to be contradictory. [1913 Webster] The laws of the United States and of the individual States may, in some cases, conflict with each other. --Wheaton. Syn: To fight; contend; contest; resist; struggle; combat; strive; battle. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: conflict n 1: an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"-- Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs" [syn: {conflict}, {struggle}, {battle}] 2: opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings; "he was immobilized by conflict and indecision" 3: a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war; "Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga"; "he lost his romantic ideas about war when he got into a real engagement" [syn: {battle}, {conflict}, {fight}, {engagement}] 4: a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" 5: an incompatibility of dates or events; "he noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings" 6: opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot); "this form of conflict is essential to Mann's writing" 7: a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" [syn: {dispute}, {difference}, {difference of opinion}, {conflict}] v 1: be in conflict; "The two proposals conflict!" 2: go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" [syn: {conflict}, {run afoul}, {infringe}, {contravene}] From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: conflict /kɔnflikt/ conflict