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1. To engage in combat for; to strive for. 2. To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against. 3. To engage in strife or combat; to fight. 4. To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon. 5. A fight or fighting; contest; strife. 6. Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress. 7. Subject of discussion. 8. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on" 
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