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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..

Bet :: Bet (n.) That which is laid, staked, or pledged, as between two parties, upon the event of a contest or any contingent issue; the act of giving such a pledge; a wager..

Scarmoge :: Scarmoge (n.) A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish.

Disputation :: Disputation (v. i.) The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact, opinion, proposition, or argument..

Scuffle :: Scuffle (n.) Hence, a confused contest; a tumultuous struggle for superiority; a fight..

Pancratiast :: Pancratiast (n.) One who engaged in the contests of the pancratium.

Whig :: Whig (n.) One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in Englis

Settler :: Settler (n.) That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest..

Interferant :: Interferant (n.) One of the contestants in interference before the Patent Office.

Grapple :: Grapple (v. t.) A seizing or seizure; close hug in contest; the wrestler's hold.

Contestation :: Contestation (n.) Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.

Dispute :: Dispute (v. t.) To strive or contend about; to contest.

Brabble :: Brabble (n.) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.

Win :: Win (a.) To gain by superiority in competition or contest; to obtain by victory over competitors or rivals; as, to win the prize in a gate; to win money; to win a battle, or to win a country..

Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..

Bout :: Bout (n.) A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout..

Agony :: Agony (n.) Violent contest or striving.

Walk-over :: Walk-over (n.) In racing, the going over a course by a horse which has no competitor for the prize; hence, colloquially, a one-sided contest; an uncontested, or an easy, victory..

Darrain :: Darrain (v. t.) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.

Incontestable :: Incontestable (a.) Not contestable; not to be disputed; that cannot be called in question or controverted; incontrovertible; indisputable; as, incontestable evidence, truth, or facts..

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