Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- force; power: By dint of hard work she became head of the company.
- a dent.
- Archaic. a blow; stroke.
verb (used with object)
- to make a dent or dents in.
- to impress or drive in with force.
noun
- by dint of by means or use ofby dint of hard work
- archaic a blow or a mark made by a blow
verb
- (tr) to mark with dints
noun, verb
- a variant of dent 1
Old English dynt “blow dealt in fighting” (especially by a sword), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (cf. Old Norse dyntr “blow, kick”). Phrase by dint of … “by force of, by means of,” is early 14c.
see by dint of.