contest

1. Contest
   Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation. "Leave all noisy contests , all immodest clamors and brawling language."
2. Contest
   Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter. "The late battle had, in effect, been a contest between one usurper and another.", "It was fully expected that the contest there would be long and fierce."
3. Contest
   To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with. "The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory.", "Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest ?"
4. Contest
   To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute. "The people . . . contested not what was done.", "Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequenty repeated, few more contested than this."
5. Contest
   (Law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
6. Contest
   To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

1. contest
   To make a subject of emulation, contention, or dispute; enter into a competition for; compete or strive for: as, to contest a prize; to contest an election (see contested).
2. contest
   To contend or strive for in arms; fight or do battle for; strive to win or hold; struggle to defend: as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
3. contest
   To argue in opposition to; controvert; litigate; oppose; call in question; challenge; dispute: as, the advocate contested every point; his right to the property was contested in the courts.
4. contest
   Synonyms. To debate, challenge.
5. contest
   To strive; contend; dispute: followed by with.
6. contest
   To vie; strive in rivalry.
7. (n) contest
   Strife; struggle for victory or superiority, or in defense; a struggle in arms.
8. (n) contest
   Dispute; debate; controversy; strife in argument; disagreement.
9. (n) contest
   Synonyms Conflict, Combat, etc. (see battle), encounter. See strife.2. Altercation; dissension; quarrel.

1. (v.t) Contest
   kon-test′ to call in question or make the subject of dispute: to strive for
2. (n) Contest
   a struggle for superiority: strife: debate

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