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Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.

Pancratiast :: Pancratiast (n.) One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well..

Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

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..

Vexed :: Vexed (a.) Much debated or contested; causing discussion; as, a vexed question..

Carry :: Carry (v. t.) To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election..

Match :: Match (v.) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority; an emulous struggle..

War :: War (n.) a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility..

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

Disputable :: Disputable (v. i.) Capable of being disputed; liable to be called in question, controverted, or contested; or doubtful certainty or propriety; controvertible; as, disputable opinions, propositions, points, or questions..

Brabble :: Brabble (n.) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.

Rencounter :: Rencounter (n.) A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement..

Scuffle :: Scuffle (n.) Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight..

Plunge :: Plunge (v. i.) To bet heavily and with seeming recklessness on a race, or other contest; in an extended sense, to risk large sums in hazardous speculations..

Dispute :: Dispute (v. i.) Contest; struggle; quarrel.

War :: War (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage..

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

Agonistics :: Agonistics (n.) The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games..

Vanquish :: Vanquish (v. t.) Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute..

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