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Contend :: Contend (v. i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

Nolo Contendere :: Nolo contendere () A plea, by the defendant, in a criminal prosecution, which, without admitting guilt, subjects him to all the consequences of a plea of quilty..

Antagonize :: Antagonize (v. t.) To contend with; to oppose actively; to counteract.

Prizer :: Prizer (n.) One who contends for a prize; a prize fighter; a challenger.

Agonist :: Agonist (n.) One who contends for the prize in public games.

Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against..

Litigant :: Litigant (a.) Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant..

Strifeful :: Strife (n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest.

Run :: Run (a.) To contend in a race; hence, to enter into a contest; to become a candidate; as, to run for Congress..

Propugn :: Propugn (v. t.) To contend for; to defend; to vindicate.

Clash :: Clash (n.) Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc..

Grapple :: Grapple (v. i.) To use a grapple; to contend in close fight; to attach one's self as if by a grapple, as in wrestling; to close; to seize one another..

Weapon :: Weapon (n.) Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends against another; as, argument was his only weapon..

Athlete :: Athlete (n.) Any one trained to contend in exercises requiring great physical agility and strength; one who has great activity and strength; a champion.

Combat :: Combat (v. i.) To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight..

Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.

Contention :: Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for..

Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) Hence, to struggle; to strive earnestly; to contend..

Team :: Team (n.) A number of persons associated together in any work; a gang; especially, a number of persons selected to contend on one side in a match, or a series of matches, in a cricket, football, rowing, etc..

Combativeness :: Combativeness (n.) The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.

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