Definition of contest

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

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Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest..
Agonistical :: Agonistical (a.) Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural..
Sanguinary :: Sanguinary (a.) Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.
Altercation :: Altercation (n.) Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
Vie :: Vie (v. i.) To strive for superiority; to contend; to use emulous effort, as in a race, contest, or competition..
Contend :: Contend (v. t.) To struggle for; to contest.
Politics :: Politics (n.) The management of a political party; the conduct and contests of parties with reference to political measures or the administration of public affairs; the advancement of candidates to office; in a bad sense, artful or dishonest management to secure the success of political candidates or parties; political trickery..
Antagony :: Antagony (n.) Contest; opposition; antagonism.
Brabble :: Brabble (v. i.) To clamor; to contest noisily.
Commit :: Commit (v. t.) To join for a contest; to match; -- followed by with.
Incontested :: Incontested (a.) Not contested.
War :: War (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage..
Cockfight :: Cockfight (n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.
Fabian :: Fabian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the manner of, the Roman general, Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus; cautious; dilatory; avoiding a decisive contest..
Contest :: Contest (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..
Strife :: Strife (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts..
Overmatch :: Overmatch (n.) One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched..
Three-handed :: Three-handed (a.) Said of games or contests where three persons play against each other, or two against one; as, a three-handed game of cards..
Sciomachy :: Sciomachy (n.) A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.
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