intransitive. Now usually with to; also (now rare) with against. To bring forward a reason against something (or someone); to state and maintain…

transitive. To (attempt to) persuade, convince, or controvert with reasoning or argument.

To attack with reasoning or argument; to address with the object of persuading, convincing, or controverting; = assail, v.1 6. archaic or Obsolete.

To press or ply (a person) with argument or confutation. Obsolete. rare.

= contest, v. (in different senses).

transitive. To feel or express doubt about; to raise objections to, challenge.

(Expressing the resulting condition.) To be in contact; to be contiguous or adjacent; to adjoin. †Const. to, upon, with.

transitive. To argue or debate (a point, etc.); to argue against, dispute, controvert, call in question.

transitive. To dispute (the truth of a statement). Obsolete. rare.