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Combat \Com"bat\ (? or ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Combated};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Combating}.] [F. combattre; pref. com-
battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See {Batter}.]
To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.
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To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton.
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After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated
only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon.
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Combat \Com"bat\, v. t.
To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend
against; to resist.
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When he the ambitious Norway combated. --Shak.
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And combated in silence all these reasons. --Milton.
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Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled.
--Goldsmith.

Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn;
antagonize; repel; resent.
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Combat \Com"bat\, n. [Cf. F. combat.]
1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.
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My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. --Shak.
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The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was
fought in Paulina. --Shak.
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2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in
which the parties engaged are not armies.
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{Single combat}, one in which a single combatant meets a
single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath;
also, a duel.

Syn: A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention;
struggle; fight, strife. See {Battle}, {Contest}.
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