[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.
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            for never two such kingdoms did contend
            without much fall of blood.           --shak.
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            the lord said unto me, distress not the moabites,
            neither contend with them in battle.  --deut. ii. 9.
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            in ambitious strength i did
            contend against thy valor.            --shak.
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   2. to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain
      possession of, or to defend.
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            you sit above, and see vain men below
            contend for what you only can bestow. --dryden.
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   3. to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute;
      to argue.
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            the question which our author would contend for.
                                                  --locke.
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            many things he fiercely contended about were
            trivial.                              --dr. h. more.

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

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