contend
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[edit] Etymology
< contendere (“‘to strech out, extend, strive after, contend’”) < com- (“‘together’”) + tendere (“‘to stretch’”); see tend, and cf. attend, extend, intend, subtend.
[edit] Verb
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to contend (third-person singular simple present contends, present participle contending, simple past and past participle contended)
- to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
- For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood.
- to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
- You sit above, and see vain men below contend for what you only can bestow.
- to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
- The question which our author would contend for - many things he fiercely contended about were trivial.
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to strive in debate; to engage in discussion
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- Finnish: kilvoitella, kilpailla, kamppailla
- Persian: ستیزه کردن، مخالفت کرده با، رقابت کردن، ادعا کردن
[edit] External links
- contend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- contend in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
