WHAT DOES CONTÉST MEAN IN ROMANIAN?
Definition of contést in the Romanian dictionary
2) and also - v. V. Tr. (broad con-test, take as witness, V. a-, de-, and pro-test, testimoniù). Refusing to recognize a right, negate the existence of one fact: to challenge a right. V. int. Disput, I talk: I contest a long time.
10 ROMANIAN BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTÉST»
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contést in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
contést and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in Romanian literature.
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Johnson's English Dictionary - Pagina 231
To CONTE'ST }, kon-tesi'. 492. v. a. [contester, Ft. To dispute; to litigate. Dryden. To CO.VTE'ST, kon-test'. «. n. To strive ; to con tend. Dome. To vie ; to emulate. Shakspeare. CONTEST, kou'-tesi. 492. n. ,. Dispute ; difference Ihiham.
Samuel Johnson, John Walker,
1835
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words ...
[conlerraneus, Lat.] CONTERRA'NEOUS. J Of the same country. * CONTESSERATION. s. [con et tessero, Lat.] Assemblage ; collection. Oley. To CONTE'ST. v. a. [contester, Ft.) To dispute; to controvert; to litigate. Dryden. To CONTE'ST. v. n. 1.
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Johnson's English Dictionary, as Improved by Todd and ... - Pagina 231
To CONTE'ST §, kAn-test'. 492. v. a. [contcster, Fr.] Tudi-jjule; lo litigate. Drudai. To CONTE ST, kAii-tesl'. r. n. To strive; to con tend. Dow. To vie ; lo emulate. Sliakspaire. CONTEST, kAn'-ICsl. 492. n. i. Dispute ; difference CONTE'ST ABLE, ...
Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Henry John Todd,
1830
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The New Milton Criticism - Pagina 125
34 She re-enacts and testifies to the psychological, intellectual, and ethical battle in which she, like the combatant Samson,35 “combated ... with hard contést” before consciously permitting the values of “grave authority,” “Virtue,” “truth,” and ...
Peter C. Herman, Elizabeth Sauer,
2012
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An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: ...
To CONTE'ST [contester, F.] of cm ustari, L.} to contend, quarrel, wrangle. CONTE 'STABLE, disputable, that may be controverted or contended lor. F. CONTESTA -TION, a quarrelling, opposing striving with or fgainlt. L. CONTEXT [of Contenus, ...
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An universal etymological English dictionary ... The ...
ControVersy, Dispute- _ CONTE'ST [conttfie'z F. osmntesfan,L-] to contend, quarrel, wrangle. CONTE'STABLE disputablc ; that may be (Olitrnvertchr eontended for. F. CONTESTA'TXON, a quarrelling, opp0smg, striving with or against.
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A new English dictionary. A new classical English ...
Conténtful, (a) that affords great Content. Conténtion, (s) Debate, Dispute, Strife. Conténtious, (a) apt to contend, quarrelsome. The Conténts, or Matters contained in a Book,' Chapter, &c. . . . Dispute. To Contést, to quarrel for, or wrangle about.
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Pantologia. A new (cabinet) cyclopædia, by J.M. Good, O. ...
co/i«ermi»i<*,Lat.) Bordering upon (Hale). CON'l EllRA'NEOUS. a. (conterraneui, Lat.) Of the same count r\ . To CONTE'ST. v. a. (contester, Fr.) To dispute ; to controvert ; to litigate (Dryden). To Conte'st, v. n. 1. To strive; to contend (Burnet). 2.
John Mason Good, Olinthus Gilbert Gregory,
1819
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Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, Comus, and Arcades
With me hath end; all the contést is now 'Twixt God and Dagon; Dagon hath presumed, Me overthrown, to enter lists with God, His deity comparing and preferring Before the God of Abraham. He, he sure, Will not connive, or linger thus ...
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A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the ...
Hooker. Greii '. 1. Gratification. Wetton. CONTE'RMINOUS. a. [eonterminus, Latin.] Bordering upon. Hale. CONTEKRA'NEOUS. a. [center ranevt, Lat.] Of the fame country. lo CONTE'ST. v. a. [eonttster, Fr.] To dispute ; to controvert ; to litigate.