Definition of contest

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Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..

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Pit :: Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another..
Warfare :: Warfare (n.) Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Contest; struggle; quarrel.
Altercation :: Altercation (n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
Hard-fought :: Hard-fought (a. Vigorously) contested; as, a hard-fought battle..
Join :: "Join (v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue..
Hardhead :: Hardhead (n.) Clash or collision of heads in contest.
Handicap :: Handicap (v. t.) To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped..
Backer :: Backer (n.) One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs a person or thing in a contest..
Dimication :: Dimication (n.) A fight; contest.
Cockfight :: Cockfight (n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.
Victory :: Victory (n.) The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph; -- the opposite of defeat..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) A fight or fighting; contest; strife.
Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
Contest :: 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..
Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them..
Decertation :: Decertation (n.) Contest for mastery; contention; strife.
Agon :: Agon (n.) A contest for a prize at the public games.
Pancratiast :: Pancratiast (n.) One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium.
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
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