Definition of contest

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Contest (n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

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Scarmoge :: Scarmoge (n.) A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish.
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 The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in Englis
Struggler :: Struggle (n.) Contest; contention; strife.
Handicap :: Handicap (v. t.) To encumber with a handicap in any contest; hence, in general, to place at disadvantage; as, the candidate was heavily handicapped..
Brabble :: Brabble (n.) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
Neutral :: Neutral (n.) A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.
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..
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight contest.
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..
Uncontestable :: Uncontestable (a.) Incontestable.
Join :: "Join (v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue..
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.
Contek :: Contek (n.) Quarrel; contention; contest.
Vie :: Vie (n.) A contest for superiority; competition; rivalry; strife; also, a challenge; a wager..
Mart :: Mart (n.) Battle; contest.
Bottleholder :: Bottleholder (n.) One who assists or supports another in a contest; an abettor; a backer.
Wager :: Wager (v. t.) Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake; a pledge..
Settler :: Settler (n.) That which settles or finishes; hence, a blow, etc., which settles or decides a contest..
Round :: Round (n.) The time during which prize fighters or boxers are in actual contest without an intermission, as prescribed by their rules; a bout..
Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.
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