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To strive in competition or rivalry with another; contend for superiority.

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To endure; tolerate.

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An appointment to meet at a certain time and place; also an appointed meeting.

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Perhaps.

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Wanting, deficient; to decrease in size or in quantity.

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Figurative, that which supplies strength or sustains the activities of anything.

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Unwise or light-minded conduct; also, a foolish action; also, a foolish, but costly undertaking.

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Resistance, opposition; a check

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Accuracy or precision. To precisely the point or degree required; to perfection.