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To engage in combat for; to strive for. |
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To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to
maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for
and against. |
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To engage in strife or combat; to fight. |
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To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate;
to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; --
often followed by on or upon. |
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A fight or fighting; contest; strife. |
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Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the
purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument;
controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress. |
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Subject of discussion. |
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