Definition of contest

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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..

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Support :: Support (v. t.) To carry on; to enable to continue; to maintain; as, to support a war or a contest; to support an argument or a debate..
Litigation :: Litigation (n.) The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.
Warfare :: Warfare (n.) Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
Scrambler :: Scrambler (n.) A greedy and unceremonious contestant.
Dimication :: Dimication (n.) A fight; contest.
Irrefragable :: Irrefragable (a.) Not refragable; not to be gainsaid or denied; not to be refuted or overthrown; unanswerable; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable evidence..
Race :: Race (n.) Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races..
Contention :: Contention (n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife..
Politics :: Politics (n.) The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery..
Match :: Match (v.) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle..
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc..
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..
War :: War (n.) A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities..
Contestable :: Contestable (a.) Capable of being contested; debatable.
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..
Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.
Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To strive or contend about; to contest.
Velitation :: Velitation (n.) A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.
Wage :: Wage (v. t.) To pledge; to hazard on the event of a contest; to stake; to bet, to lay; to wager; as, to wage a dollar..
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
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