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Wager :: Wager (v. t.) To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet..

Contested :: Contested (imp. & p. p.) of Contes.

Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds..

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..

Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.

Disputation :: Disputation (v. i.) The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument..

Contestant :: Contestant (n.) One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.

Fray :: Fray (n.) Affray; broil; contest; combat.

Hardhead :: Hardhead (n.) Clash or collision of heads in contest.

Timekeeper :: Timekeeper (n.) One appointed to mark and declare the time of participants in races or other contests.

Cockfight :: Cockfight (n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.

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..

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..

Contendress :: Contendress (n.) A female contestant.

Truce :: Truce (n.) Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet..

Worst :: Worst (a.) To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit..

Velitation :: Velitation (n.) A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.

Litigation :: Litigation (n.) The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.

Defend :: Defend (v. t.) To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit..

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

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