Contest |
To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute. |
v. t. |
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Contest |
To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground. |
v. t. |
Contest |
To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert. |
v. t. |
Contest |
To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with. |
v. i. |
Contest |
Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation. |
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