Both Uses of
contend
in
The Scarlet Letter
- What I contend for is the authenticity of the outline.
Chpt Intr. (definition 1) *contend = struggle
- Others contended that the stigma had not been produced until a long time subsequent, when old Roger Chillingworth, being a potent necromancer, had caused it to appear, through the agency of magic and poisonous drugs.
Chpt 24 (definition 2) *contended = claimed
Definitions:
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(1) (contend as in: She contended with it) to struggle or argue
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(2) (contend as in: She contended that...) to claim that something is true