Emily Dickinson Lexicon — CON-TEND'ING

Definition for CON-TEND'ING

CON-TEND'ER CON-TEN'E-MENT

CON-TEND'ING, ppr.

Striving; struggling to oppose; debating; urging in argument; quarreling.
adj. Clashing; opposing; rival; as, contending claims or interests.

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