Both Uses of
contend
in
The Scarlet Letter
- What I contend for is the authenticity of the outline.
p. 32.6 *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.
p. 240.5 *contended = claimed
Definitions:
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(1)
(contend as in: She contended that...) to claim that something is true
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(2)
(contend as in: She contended with it) to struggle or argue
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(3)
(contend as in: She contended for the gold medal) to compete