contest
/kənˈtɛst/ verbo C1En español: competir, contender, concursar, contrapuntear
- To contend. · I will contest for the open seat on the board.
- To call into question; to oppose. · The rival contested the dictator's re-election because of claims of voting irregularities.
- To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend. · The troops contested every inch of ground.
- To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.
He/she/it contests · Pasado contested · Participio pasado contested · Forma en -ing contesting
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“But they will contest the will after your death?”
But besides all this, in order that the instrument may not be contested, I am anxious to give it the greatest possible authenticity, therefore, one of my colleagues will help me, and, contrary to custom, will assist in the dictation of the testament.
They assembled on a certain day to carry out their purpose, and sharpened their horns for the contest.
I tell you, my friend, that if a detailed account of that silent contest could be written, it would take its place as the most brilliant bit of thrust-and-parry work in the history of detection.
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