Contest(n.) Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.
Contest(n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.
Contest(v. i.) To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
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.
Contest(v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.
Contest(v. t.) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.
Contestable(a.) Capable of being contested; debatable.
Contestant(n.) One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.
Contestation(n.) The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
Contestation(n.) Proof by witness; attestation; testimony.
Contested(imp. & p. p.) of Contest
Contesting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Contest
Contestingly(adv.) In a contending manner.
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