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

Contender :: Contender (n.) One who contends; a contestant.

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

Racer :: Racer (n.) One who, or that which, races, or contends in a race; esp., a race horse..

Chappion :: Chappion (n.) One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.

Controvert :: Controvert (v. t.) To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..

Race :: Race (v. t.) To cause to contend in a race; to drive at high speed; as, to race horses..

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..

Match :: Match (v. t.) To oppose as equal; to contend successfully against.

Differ :: Differ (v. i.) To have a difference, cause of variance, or quarrel; to dispute; to contend..

Fight :: Fight (v. t.) To contend with in battle; to war against; as, they fought the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop fought the frigate for three hours..

Chide :: Chide (v. i.) To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.

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..

War :: War (v. i.) To contend; to strive violently; to fight.

Athlete :: Athlete (n.) One who contended for a prize in the public games of ancient Greece or Rome.

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

Conflict :: Conflict (v. i.) To maintain a conflict; to contend; to engage in strife or opposition; to struggle.

Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon..

Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To dispute angrily, or violently; to wrangle; to scold; to altercate; to contend; to fight..

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