All 8 Uses
contend
in
Macbeth
(Edited)
- His wonders and his praises do contend
p. 21.3
- His wonders and his praises do contend
p. 18.1
- All our service
In every point twice done, and then done double,
Were poor and single business to contend
Against those honours deep and broad wherewith
Your majesty loads our house.p. 37.5 - All our service
In every point twice done, and then done double,
Were poor and single business to contend
Against those honours deep and broad wherewith
Your majesty loads our house.p. 36.9 - I have drugged their possets
That death and nature do contend about them,
Whether they live or die.p. 55.4 * - I have drugged their possets
That death and nature do contend about them,
Whether they live or die.p. 54.4 * - And Duncan's horses (a thing most strange and certain),
Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,
Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would make
War with mankind.p. 75.1 * - And Duncan's horses (a thing most strange and certain),
Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race,
Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out,
Contending 'gainst obedience, as they would make
War with mankind.p. 78.8 *
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
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)