What is the meaning of Contend?

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(v.i.) To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
(v.i.) To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
(v.t.) To struggle for; to contest.
(v.i.) To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of or to defend.

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