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a struggle between rivals

a struggle between rivals

To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert.

To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.

Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

[as in to contest a will]To oppose, dispute or challenge through formal or legal procedures. For example, the defendant in a lawsuit almost always contests the case made by the plaintiff. Or, a disgruntled relative may formally contest the provisions of a will.

To dispute; as, to contest an election; oppose; litigate.

To strive; contend; vie.

A struggle for superiority; dispute.

A struggle for superiority: strife: debate.

A dispute; strife; debate.

To call in question; dispute; resist.

To dispute; strive to win.

To contend strenuously.

A struggle; conflict.

A struggle for victory or superiority; dispute; strife in argument.

To contend for; to struggle to maintain; to controvert; to dispute.

To strive; to contend; to vie; to emulate. See Test.

To dispute; to struggle or strive earnestly; to litigate; to oppose; to emulate.

Struggle; conflict; dispute.

n. Earnest struggle for superiority, defence, or the like; strife in arms; —earnest dispute; strife in argument.

Dispute, difference, debate.