Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To fight for; defend; vindicate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb obsolete To contend for; to defend; to vindicate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb obsolete ,(
transitive ) Tofight for,defend , orcontend for something
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Examples
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Solon_); much more deserve they to be so accounted of who shun to meddle with any controversy which disquieted the church, whereas they should labour to win the adversaries of the truth, and, if they prove obstinate, to defend and propugn the truth against them.
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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