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Wager :: Wager (v. t.) To hazard on the issue of a contest, or on some question that is to be decided, or on some casualty; to lay; to stake; to bet..

Velitation :: Velitation (n.) A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.

Train :: Train (v. i.) To prepare by exercise, diet, instruction, etc., for any physical contest; as, to train for a boat race..

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

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..

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

Decline :: Decline (v. t.) To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them..

Corinthian :: Corinthian (a.) Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.).

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

Race :: Race (n.) Hence: The act or process of running in competition; a contest of speed in any way, as in running, riding, driving, skating, rowing, sailing; in the plural, usually, a meeting for contests in the running of horses; as, he attended the races..

Battle :: Battle (v. t.) A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life..

Contestation :: Contestation (n.) The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.

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

Engagement :: Engagement (n.) The act of engaging, pledging, enlisting, occupying, or entering into contest..

Field :: Field (n.) A collective term for all the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting..

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

Pull :: Pull (n.) Something in one's favor in a comparison or a contest; an advantage; means of influencing; as, in weights the favorite had the pull..

Gymnastical :: Gymnastical (a.) Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc..

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

Sciomachy :: Sciomachy (n.) A fighting with a shadow; a mock contest; an imaginary or futile combat.

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