n.
Leave all noisy contests, all immodest clamors and brawling language. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
The late battle had, in effect, been a contest between one usurper and another. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]
It was fully expected that the contest there would be long and fierce. Macaulay.
v. t.
The people . . . contested not what was done. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequenty repeated, few more contested than this. J. D. Morell. [ 1913 Webster ]
To contest an election. (Polit.)
v. i. To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with. [ 1913 Webster ]
The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with it, when there are hopes of victory. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]
Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. contestable. ] Capable of being contested; debatable. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. contestant. ] One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. contestatio testimony: cf. F. contestation a contesting. ]
After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a contending manner. [ 1913 Webster ]