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Contended
- verb - be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
- come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
- have an argument about something
- maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
Contented
- verb - make content; "I am contented"
- satisfied or showing satisfaction with things as they are; "a contented smile"
- satisfy in a limited way; "He contented himself with one glass of beer per day"
Contested
- verb - disputed or made the object of contention or competition; "a contested election"
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
Continued
- verb - allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature; "We cannot continue several servants any longer"; "She retains a lawyer"; "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"; "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"; "We kept the work going as long as we could"; "She retained her composure"; "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
- continue a certain state, condition, or activity; "Keep on working!"; "We continued to work into the night"; "Keep smiling"; "We went on working until well past midnight"
- continue after an interruption; "The demonstration continued after a break for lunch"
- continue in a place, position, or situation; "After graduation, she stayed on in Cambridge as a student adviser"; "Stay with me, please"; "despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year"; "She continued as deputy mayor for another year"
- continue talking; "I know it's hard," he con
Contorted
- verb - twist and press out of shape
- twisted (especially as in pain or struggle); "his mad contorted smile"; "writhed lips"; "my writhen features"- Walter scott
Contoured
- verb - form the contours of
Contrived
- verb -
- come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; "excogitate a way to measure the speed of light"
- make or work out a plan for; devise; "They contrived to murder their boss"; "design a new sales strategy"; "plan an attack"
- put or send forth; "She threw the flashlight beam into the corner"; "The setting sun threw long shadows"; "cast a spell"; "cast a warm light"
- showing effects of planning or manipulation; "a novel with a contrived ending"
Convected
- verb - circulate hot air by convection
Converged
- verb - approach a limit as the number of terms increases without limit
- be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point"
- come together so as to form a single product; "Social forces converged to bring the Fascists back to power"
- move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"
Conversed
- verb - carry on a conversation
- talked , spoke