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Scuffle :: Scuffle (v. i.) Hence, to strive or contend tumultuously; to struggle confusedly or at haphazard..

Altercate :: Altercate (v. i.) To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle..

Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To contend; to struggle.

Contest :: Contest (v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with..

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..

Conflicting :: Conflicting (a.) Being in conflict or collision, or in opposition; contending; contradictory; incompatible; contrary; opposing..

Contending :: Contending (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Conten.

Controvert :: Controvert (v. t.) To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

Prizer :: Prizer (n.) One who contends for a prize; a prize fighter; a challenger.

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..

Digladiate :: Digladiate (v. i.) To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently.

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..

Contend :: Contend (v. t.) To struggle for; to contest.

Deal :: Deal (v. i.) To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with..

Vitilitigate :: Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.

Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent..

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..

Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.

Clash :: Clash (n.) Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc..

Run :: Run (a.) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress..

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