Definition of agon

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Agon (n.) A contest for a prize at the public games.

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Encounterer :: Encounterer (n.) One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.
Scapolite :: Scapolite (n.) A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina and soda.
Oppose :: Oppose (n.) To put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail; to set against; to offer antagonistically..
Aragonese :: Aragonese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain..
Martagon :: Martagon (n.) A lily (Lilium Martagon) with purplish red flowers, found in Europe and Asia..
Mask :: Mask (n.) The lower lip of the larva of a dragon fly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ..
Unparagoned :: Unparagoned (a.) Having no paragon or equal; matchless; peerless.
Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) A muscle which acts in opposition to another; as a flexor, which bends a part, is the antagonist of an extensor, which extends it..
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To violate concord or agreement; to have a difference; to fall out; to be or become antagonistic.
Melodrama :: Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio..
Distance :: Distance (n.) Space between two antagonists in fencing.
Agonies :: Agonies (pl. ) of Agon.
Brachydiagonal :: Brachydiagonal (n.) The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism.
Odonata :: Odonata (n. pl.) The division of insects that includes the dragon flies.
Park :: Park (n.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together; also, the objects themselves; as, a park of wagons; a park of artillery..
Agonist :: Agonist (n.) One who contends for the prize in public games.
Agonic :: Agonic (a.) Not forming an angle.
Outspan :: Outspan (v. t. & i.) To unyoke or disengage, as oxen from a wagon..
Pintle :: Pintle (n.) A kingbolt of a wagon.
Antagonozing :: Antagonozing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Antagoniz.
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