Definition of contend

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Contend (v. i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

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Contended :: Contended (imp. & p. p.) of Conten.
Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition..
Plead :: Plead (v. t.) To contend; to struggle.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against..
Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
Conflict :: Conflict (v. i.) To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.
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..
Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..
Agonist :: Agonist (n.) One who contends for the prize in public games.
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend.
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent..
Grapple :: Grapple (v. i.) To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another..
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To act in opposition to anything; to struggle against; to contend; to strive; to make resistance.
Spar :: Spar (v. i.) To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box..
Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.
Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon..
Argue :: Argue (v. i.) To contend in argument; to dispute; to reason; -- followed by with; as, you may argue with your friend without convincing him..
Altercate :: Altercate (v. i.) To contend in words; to dispute with zeal, heat, or anger; to wrangle..
Threap :: Threap (v. t.) To maintain obstinately against denial or contradiction; also, to contend or argue against (another) with obstinacy; to chide; as, he threaped me down that it was so..
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