All 5 Uses of
contend
in
Mansfield Park
- She had, moreover, to contend with one disagreeable emotion entirely new to her—jealousy.
Chpt 29 *contend = struggle
- She felt how unprofitable contention would be. If her aunt's feelings were against her, nothing could be hoped from attacking her understanding.
Chpt 33contention = argument
- Poor Mary little thought it would be such a bone of contention when she gave it me to keep, only two hours before she died.†
Chpt 38
- At Mansfield, no sounds of contention, no raised voice, no abrupt bursts, no tread of violence, was ever heard; all proceeded in a regular course of cheerful orderliness; everybody had their due importance; everybody's feelings were consulted.†
Chpt 39 *
- [Susan] acknowledged her fears, blamed herself for having contended so warmly; and from that hour Fanny, understanding the worth of her disposition and perceiving how fully she was inclined to seek her good opinion and refer to her judgment, began to feel again the blessing of affection, and to entertain the hope of being useful to a mind so much in need of help, and so much deserving it.
Chpt 40contended = fought
Definitions:
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(contend as in: She contended with it) to struggle or argue
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(contend as in: She contended that...) to claim that something is true