Both Uses of
contend
in
Moby Dick
- For a few minutes the struggle was intensely critical; for while they still slacked out the tightened line in one direction, and still plied their oars in another, the contending strain threatened to take them under.†
Chpt 73-75
- Now in the present case Erskine contended that the examples of the whale and the lady were reciprocally illustrative of each other.†
Chpt 88-90 *
Definition:
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(contend as in: She contended that...) to claim that something is true