[{"_id":"5745d48e49d89b54063c4162","lemma":"contend","pos":"verb","lexicalEntryId":"WktEN_lexicalEntry_22644","senses":[{"label":"","definition":"to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.","examples":["For never two such kingdoms did contend without much fall of blood."],"relations":[]},{"label":"","definition":"to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.","examples":["You sit above, and see vain men below contend for what you only can bestow."],"relations":[]},{"label":"","definition":"to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.","examples":["The question which our author would contend for - many things he fiercely contended about were trivial."],"relations":[]}]}]