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Stage 1 of 2
contendere
Latin · ancient
"to stretch together, to strive"
to stretch together, to strive, from com- (together) and tendere (to stretch)
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Stage 2 of 2
contend
English · 1400s
"to struggle with a difficulty, or to assert a position in argument"
settled as the English word for struggling to deal with a difficulty, or arguing a position
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