n-test]
| 1. | a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize. |
| 2. | struggle for victory or superiority. |
| 3. | strife in argument; dispute; controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest. |
| 4. | to struggle or fight for, as in battle. |
| 5. | to argue against; dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a will. |
| 6. | to call in question: They contested his right to speak. |
| 7. | to contend for in rivalry. |
| 8. | to dispute; contend; compete. |

con·test (kŏn'těst') n.
v. tr.
To struggle or compete; contend: contested with other bidders for the antique. [Probably from French conteste, from contester, to dispute, from Old French, to call to witness, from Latin contestārī : com-, com- + testis, witness; see trei- in Indo-European roots.] con·test'a·ble adj., con'tes·ta'tion (kŏn'tě-stā'shən) n., con·test'er n. |