v. t. | 1. | To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute. |
| 2. | To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground. |
| 3. | (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. |
v. i. | 1. | To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; - followed usually by with. |
n. | 1. | Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation. |
| 2. | Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter. |
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