To defend a belief or keep affirming that it's true is to contend. People used to contend that the earth was flat, but eventually, when no one dropped off the edge no matter how far they traveled, the "round" theory won.
Adjective S.
striving or struggling in rivalry or battle; "contending armies"; "two contending parties"
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Contend
Usage Examples
Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of cultivation: while two parties have been idly contending who should bestow it.
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Other Usage ExamplesOnly by contending with challenges that seem to be beyond your strength to handle at the moment you can grow more surely toward the stars.
Once the command of the air is obtained by one of the contending armies, the war becomes a conflict between a seeing host and one that is blind.
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