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(1):

(n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

(2):

(v. t.) To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

(3):

(n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

(4):

(v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; - followed usually by with.

(5):

(v. t.) 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):

(v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Contest'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/contest.html. 1828.
 
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