Definition of contest

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Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute..

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Contestant :: Contestant (n.) One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
Arena :: Arena (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life..
Contestation :: Contestation (n.) The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert..
Contestation :: Contestation (n.) Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.
Incontestability :: Incontestability (n.) The quality or state of being incontestable.
Altercation :: Altercation (n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.
Agony :: Agony (n.) Violent contest or striving.
Contestingly :: Contestingly (adv.) In a contending manner.
Win :: Win (a.) To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons..
Sciomachy :: Sciomachy (n.) A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.
Winner :: Winner (n.) One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming..
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Spar :: Spar (v. i.) To contest in words; to wrangle.
Gladiatorian :: Gladiatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general..
Spar :: Spar (n.) A contest at sparring or boxing.
Gird :: Gird (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to equip; as, to gird one's self for a contest..
Brangle :: Brangle (n.) A wrangle; a squabble; a noisy contest or dispute.
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