Both Uses of
contend
in
Sense and Sensibility
- Elinor would not contend, and only replied, "Whoever may have been so detestably your enemy, let them be cheated of their malignant triumph, my dear sister, by seeing how nobly the consciousness of your own innocence and good intentions supports your spirits.†
Chpt 29
- — I have had to contend against the unkindness of his sister, and the insolence of his mother; and have suffered the punishment of an attachment, without enjoying its advantages.†
Chpt 37 *
Definition:
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(contend as in: She contended that...) to claim that something is true