Contested
[kən'testid]
Definition
(adj.) disputed or made the object of contention or competition; 'a contested election' .
Typist: Melville--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Contest
Typed by Joan
Examples
- By eleven o'clock the skirmishing had grown into a hard-contested battle. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The English played well, but the Americans played better, and contested every inch of the ground as strongly as if the spirit of '76 inspired them. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Edison's claims were strenuously and stubbornly contested throughout a series of intense legal conflicts that raged in the courts for a great many years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Like most all valuable inventions, Mr. Bessemer’s claim to priority for the invention was contested. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He has fought successfully two contested elections, and has come out of the ordeal unscathed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Thus, in 1893, the litigation was reopened, and a protracted series of stubbornly contested conflicts was fought in the courts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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