transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsti-kəl ]
intransitive verb
( stick·led ; stick·ling -k(ə-)liŋ)
Etymology: alteration of Middle English stightlen, frequentative of stighten to arrange, from Old English stihtan; akin to Old Norse stētta to found, support
Date: 1642
1. : to contend especially stubbornly and usually on insufficient grounds
2. : to feel scruples : scruple