1. To compete or strive for; struggle to gain or control: trade routes that were contested by competing cultures. 2. To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge: contest a will. See Synonyms at oppose. 3. Sports To defend against (a shot), as in basketball.
strife in argument; dispute; controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest. v.t. to struggle or fight for, as in battle. to argue against; dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a will. to call in question: They contested his right to speak. to contend for in rivalry. v.i. to dispute; contend; compete.
Controversial; contentious; debated. Simple past tense and past participle of contest. In any case, Lori deserved to have something – and probably would have if she had contested the will instead of running away. William sustained another defeat, but the battle was one of the most fiercely contested of the whole war.
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