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Definition of contend
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Contend
(v. i.) To
strive
in
opposition;
to
contest;
to
dispute;
to vie; to
quarrel;
to
fight.
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Strive
::
Strive
(v. i.) To
struggle
in
opposition;
to be in
contention
or
dispute;
to
contend;
to
contest;
--
followed
by
against
or with
before
the
person
or thing
opposed;
as,
strive
against
temptation;
strive
for the
truth..
Contend
::
Contend
(v. i.) To
strive
in
debate;
to
engage
in
discussion;
to
dispute;
to
argue.
Litigious
::
Litigious
(a.)
Inclined
to
judicial
contest;
given to the
practice
of
contending
in law;
guarrelsome;
contentious;
fond of
litigation.
Bicker
::
Bicker
(v. i.) To
contend
in
petulant
altercation;
to
wrangle.
Contest
::
Contest
(v. i.) To
engage
in
contention,
or
emulation;
to
contend;
to
strive;
to vie; to
emulate;
--
followed
usually
by
with..
Fight
::
Fight (v. t.) To
contend
with in
battle;
to war
against;
as, they
fought
the enemy in two
pitched
battles;
the sloop
fought
the
frigate
for three
hours..
Combat
::
Combat
(v. i.) To
struggle
or
contend,
as with an
opposing
force;
to
fight..
Strifeful
::
Strife
(n.) That which is
contended
against;
occasion
of
contest.
Chartism
::
Chartism
(n.) The
principles
of a
political
party in
England
(1838-48),
which
contended
for
universal
suffrage,
the vote by
ballot,
annual
parliaments,
equal
electoral
districts,
and other
radical
reforms,
as set forth in a
document
called
the
People's
Charter..
Odeon
::
Odeon (n.) A kind of
theater
in
ancient
Greece,
smaller
than the
dramatic
theater
and
roofed
over, in which poets and
musicians
submitted
their works to the
approval
of the
public,
and
contended
for
prizes;
--
hence,
in
modern
usage,
the name of a hall for
musical
or
dramatic
performances..
Dispute
::
Dispute
(v. t.) To
strive
or
contend
about;
to
contest.
Antagonize
::
Antagonize
(v. t.) To
contend
with; to
oppose
actively;
to
counteract.
Weapon
::
Weapon
(n.) Fig.: The means or
instrument
with which one
contends
against
another;
as,
argument
was his only
weapon..
Stick-seed
::
Stickler
(v. t.) One who
pertinaciously
contends
for some
trifling
things,
as a point of
etiquette;
an
unreasonable,
obstinate
contender;
as, a
stickler
for
ceremony..
Conflicting
::
Conflicting
(a.) Being in
conflict
or
collision,
or in
opposition;
contending;
contradictory;
incompatible;
contrary;
opposing..
Contestingly
::
Contestingly
(adv.)
In a
contending
manner.
Wrestle
::
Wrestle
(v. t.)
Hence,
to
struggle;
to
strive
earnestly;
to
contend..
Cope
::
Cope (v. i.) To enter into or
maintain
a
hostile
contest;
to
struggle;
to
combat;
especially,
to
strive
or
contend
on equal terms or with
success;
to
match;
to
equal;
--
usually
followed
by
with..
Contention
::
Contention
(n.) A point
maintained
in an
argument,
or a line of
argument
taken in its
support;
the
subject
matter
of
discussion
or
strife;
a
position
taken or
contended
for..
Stickle
::
Stickle
(v. i.) To
contend,
contest,
or
altercate,
esp. in a
pertinacious
manner
on
insufficient
grounds..
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