conflicting

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

CONFLICTING, participle present tense 1. Striking, or dashing together; fighting; contending; struggling to resist and overcome. 2. Being in opposition; contrary; contradictory. In the absence of all conflicting evidence.
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