(obsolete) To knit or bind together; to unite closely.

(obsolete) Knit or woven together; close; firm.

(transitive) To hold inside. / (transitive) To include as a part. / (transitive) To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds.

The act of touching physically; being in close association. / The establishment of communication (with). / The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.

(transitive, occasionally proscribed) To touch; to come into physical contact with. / (transitive, occasionally proscribed) To establish communication with something or someone.

(intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. / (intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

Argument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.

The act or process of contaminating / Something which contaminates. / (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.

(uncountable) Controversy; debate. / (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat. / (countable) A competition.

(intransitive) To contend. / (transitive) To call into question; to oppose. / (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.