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    Contentious , a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.]
    1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.
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      Despotic and contentious temper.
      Macaulay.

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    2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
      Spenser.

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      More cheerful, though not less contentious, regions.
      Brougham.

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    3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy.
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      Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted.
      Syn. -- Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish.
      -- Con*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Con*ten"tious*ness, n.
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