[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

contend \contend"\, v. i. imp.  p. p. contended; p. pr. 
   vb. n. contending. of. contendre, l. contendere, -tentum;
   con- + tendere to strech. see tend.
   1. to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie;
      to quarrel; to fight.
      1913 webster

            for never two such kingdoms did contend
            without much fall of blood.           --shak.
      1913 webster

            the lord said unto me, distress not the moabites,
            neither contend with them in battle.  --deut. ii. 9.
      1913 webster

            in ambitious strength i did
            contend against thy valor.            --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain
      possession of, or to defend.
      1913 webster

            you sit above, and see vain men below
            contend for what you only can bestow. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute;
      to argue.
      1913 webster

            the question which our author would contend for.
                                                  --locke.
      1913 webster

            many things he fiercely contended about were
            trivial.                              --dr. h. more.

   syn: to struggle; fight; combat; vie; strive; oppose;
        emulate; contest; litigate; dispute; debate.
        1913 webster
see also:
contended contending tend 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

contend \contend"\, v. t.
   to struggle for; to contest. r.
   1913 webster

         carthage shall contend the world with rome.dryden.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

contend
     v 1: maintain or assert; "he contended that communism had no
          future" syn: postulate
     2: have an argument about something syn: argue, debate, fence
     3: to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation;
        "they contested the outcome of the race" syn: contest,
        repugn
     4: compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself
        against others syn: compete, vie
     5: come to terms or deal successfully with; "we got by on just
        a gallon of gas"; "they made do on half a loaf of bread
        every day" syn: cope, get by, make out, make do,
        grapple, deal, manage
see also:
postulate argue debate fence contest repugn 
compete vie cope get by make out 
make do grapple deal manage 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

181 moby thesaurus words for "contend":
   affirm, agonize, allege, announce, annunciate, antagonize, argue,
   argufy, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow,
   bandy words, battle, beat against, beat up against, bicker,
   bicker over, box, brawl, breast the wave, broil, brook no denial,
   buck, buffet, buffet the waves, bump heads, cavil, charge,
   choplogic, claim, clash, close, close with, collide, combat,
   come to blows, compete with, confront, contend about,
   contend against, contest, contrapose, contraposit, contrast,
   cope with, counteract, cross swords, cut and thrust, declare,
   defend, dictate, discept, dispute, duel, encounter, enjoin,
   enunciate, exchange blows, express, face, fence, feud, fight,
   fight a duel, fight against, fight over, front, give and take,
   give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, grunt and sweat, hassle,
   have, have it out, hold, huff and puff, insist, insist on,
   insist upon, issue a manifesto, join battle with, join issue,
   jostle, joust, justify, labor against, lay down, lie opposite,
   lock horns, logomachize, maintain, manifesto, match, meet,
   meet head-on, militate against, mix it up, moot, offer resistance,
   oppose, oppugn, persist, pettifog, plead, polarize, polemicize,
   polemize, pose against, predicate, prescribe, press, proclaim,
   profess, pronounce, protest, put, put in opposition, put it,
   quarrel, quarrel over, quibble, rassle, reluct, reluctate, report,
   resist, riot, rival, run a tilt, say, scramble, scuffle, set down,
   set over against, skirmish, spar, speak, speak out, speak up,
   squabble over, stand, stand for, stand on, stand opposed,
   stand opposite, state, stem the tide, stick to, strive,
   strive against, struggle, struggle against, submit, subtend,
   take issue with, take no denial, take on, take sides, tell,
   thrash out, thrust and parry, tilt, tourney, try conclusions, tug,
   tussle, urge, vie, vie with, vindicate, wage war, war, warrant,
   withstand, wrangle, wrangle over, wrestle

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Job 40:2 "Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty?
...Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him.....Shall he that reproveth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him.....Shall he who argues contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it..
http://www.bible.cc/job/40-2.htm, score=81, date indexed=June 29, 2005, 1:24 am

Contend - Wiktionary
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Definition of Contend from dictionary.net
...1913 Webster] The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them.....Carthage shall contend the world with Rome.Dryden. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged.....1913 Webster] You sit above, and see vain men below Contend for what you only can bestow..
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Contend for the Faith
...Since I am eager to write about our common salvation, it is necessary to urge you to.....In Jude the reason the church needed to gird itself to contend for the faith is given in.....The duty to contend for the faith is therefore not just the duty of the ordained ministers..
http://www.desiringgod.org/library/sermons/84/112584.html, score=67, date indexed=January 3, 2005, 1:27 am

Deuteronomy 2:5 Don't contend with them; for I will not give
...don't contend with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the.....contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the.....contend not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as for the..
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Job 9:3 If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer
...If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. KJV..If he will.....If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand. WEB..If.....If one should desire to contend with Him, he could not answer Him one of a thousand. JPS..
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