intransitive. To make or carry on war; to fight. Now only literary. with const. against, on, †toward, upon, with.

to gripe with: to grapple with, come to close quarters with. Obsolete.

To fight, oppose, resist, or contend against; to disobey; to repel, reject, disavow, refute. transitive. With a person as object. Now rare.

To struggle physically (with something) after the manner of wrestling.

transitive. To contend with.

To fight against, do battle with.

To quarrel or be at strife with, to contend against, another. Obsolete.

In phrases: to break bread: see bread, n. phrases 1a to break a lance with: to enter the lists against, enter into competition with. to break blows,…

In extended use. transitive. To contend strenuously or resolutely with (a person).