contendingn.
/kənˈtɛndɪŋ/ The action of contend v.; striving, disputing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > [noun]
pleac1275
distancec1325
stance14..
in controversyc1432
disceptation1447
disputation1489
disception1492
concertation1509
controversity1528
contending1561
fending and proving1583
digladiation?1591
bandying1599
contestation1602
controverting1610
wrangling1612
contesting1616
rixation1623
contestion1632
controversarya1635
contest1642
vitilitigation1647
ergoteering1687
sparring1755
hash1789
controversying1865
argle-bargle1872
wringle-wrangle1882
argy-bargy1887
polemicizing1948
va-et-vient1959
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]
i-winc888
wrestlingc890
fightc1000
flitec1000
teenOE
winOE
ungrithlOE
wara1200
cockingc1225
strife?c1225
strivingc1275
struta1300
barratc1300
thro1303
battlec1375
contentionc1384
tuggingc1440
militationa1460
sturtc1480
bargain1487
bargaining1489
distrifea1500
concertation1509
hold1523
conflict1531
ruffle1532
tangling1535
scamblingc1538
tuilyie1550
bustling1553
tilt1567
ruffling1570
wresting1570
certationc1572
pinglinga1578
reluctation1593
combating1594
yoking1594
bandying1599
tention1602
contrast1609
colluctation1611
contestationa1616
dimication1623
rixation1623
colluctance1625
decertation1635
conflicting1640
contrasto1645
dispute1647
luctation1651
contest1665
stickle1665
contra-colluctation1674
contrasting1688
struggle1706
yed1719
widdle1789
scrambling1792
cut and thrust1846
headbutting1869
push-and-pull1881
contending1882
thrust and parry1889
aggro1973
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. xx. f. 167 For them that precisely condemne all contendings at lawe.
1866 Athenæum 29 Dec. 881 His controversies and contendings for his opinions.
1882 M. Arnold in 19th Cent. Aug. 216 Against the natural..course of things there is no contending.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
contendingadj.
That contends; striving, struggling; antagonistic.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > contending
strivingc1374
strivousa1382
militant?a1425
wrestlinga1547
cocking1550
struggling1577
contending1593
scambling1600
conflictant1629
contendenta1641
tugging1657
agonous1682
battling1787
belligerent1812
conflicting1855
warring1883
duelling1944
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Bijv Till he take truce with her contending teares. View more context for this quotation
1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe i. 1 The greatest stake, Which for contending Monarchs she can make.
1814 R. Southey Roderick 111 The sound..awoke contending thoughts.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People iii. §7. 151 Arbitrating between the contending parties.
Derivatives
conˈtendingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adverb]
strivingly1382
cockingly1550
militantly1628
contendingly1655
combatively1863
1655 Theophania 139 The remotest Monarchs of the earth..will contendingly submit their Crowns to these Virgins.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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