Definition of Dint

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Definition of Dint

Dint

A blow; a stroke.

The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.

Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of.

To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.

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Dint Quotations

A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Success depends in a very large measure upon individual initiative and exertion, and cannot be achieved except by a dint of hard work.
Anna Pavlova

This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion.
Brian Ferneyhough

I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour.
Henri Rousseau

Dint Translations

dint in German is Einbeulung, Beule
dint in Italian is ammaccatura
dint in Spanish is chichon

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