Competing against someone or something, or arguing against or challenging something.
From Old French 'contester,' from Latin 'contestari' meaning to bring witness against. Originally a legal term, it evolved to mean dispute and compete.
The oldest recorded contests were Olympic Games in 776 BC, and humans have been ritually competing for millennia—it's how we've resolved everything from sport to politics without constant warfare.
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