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Webster 1828 Edition

Contending

CONTENDING

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ppr.

1.

Striving; struggling to oppose; debating; urging in argument; quarreling.

2.

Clashing; opposing; rival; as contending claims or interests.

Definition 2024

contending

contending

English

Verb

contending

present participle of contend

Noun

contending ‎(plural contendings)

contention
- Ralph Erskine (preacher)
  in the midst of some contendings in the Church, about the government of his house