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  • verb archaic Third-person singular present simple form of contend

Etymologies

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contend +‎ -eth

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Examples

  • For a guy who likes to argue where none contendeth and then call out others for supposedly bluffing or ducking questions, the Aspergerist has been pretty quiet today …

    Matthew Yglesias » Head of State 2010

  • You argue where none contendeth and miss the actual point of argument due to your Aspergery inability to understand anythign but the most obvious meaning of a statement.

    Matthew Yglesias » Head of State 2010

  • For a guy who likes to argue where none contendeth and then call out others for supposedly bluffing or ducking questions, the Aspergerist has been pretty quiet today …

    Matthew Yglesias » Head of State 2010

  • But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Chapter 40 1. Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Chapter 40 1. Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, 2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

    Old Mortality 2004

  • But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

    Isaiah 49. 1999

  • Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him?

    Job 40. 1999

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