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Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight contest.

Contestingly :: Contestingly (adv.) In a contending manner.

Match :: Match (v.) A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like.

Stay :: Stay (v. i.) To hold out in a race or other contest; as, a horse stays well..

Pit :: Pit (v. t.) To introduce as an antagonist; to set forward for or in a contest; as, to pit one dog against another..

Incontested :: Incontested (a.) Not contested.

Arena :: Arena (n.) Any place of public contest or exertion; any sphere of action; as, the arenaof debate; the arena of life..

Yield :: Yield (v. i.) To give up the contest; to submit; to surrender; to succumb.

War :: War (v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage..

Prize :: Prize (n.) An honor or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort..

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

Luctation :: Luctation (n.) Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavor.

Vanquish :: Vanquish (v. t.) Hence, to defeat in any contest; to get the better of; to put down; to refute..

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..

Gladiatorian :: Gladiatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general..

Condottiere :: Condottiere (n.) A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest..

Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides..

Litigate :: Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause..

Final :: Final (a.) Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue..

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

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