The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
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To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.
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The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.
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As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round.
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State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.
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A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.
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Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
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Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…
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To raze.
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One who, or that which, rubs.
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A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…
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A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery;…
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A tournament.
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The act of trying or testing in any manner.
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An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…
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To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wra…
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To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
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The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…
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A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.
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To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
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The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.
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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
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The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.
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The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…
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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
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To fight against; to oppose; to resist.
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