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noun

Combat n.

A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. "My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st." "The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina."

(Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.

Single combat, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also, a duel.

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

verb

Combat v. t. (past & past part. combated or combatted; pres. part. combating or combatting) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. "When he the ambitious Norway combated." "And combated in silence all these reasons." "Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled."

Synonyms: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent.

Combat v. i. (past & past part. combated or combatted; pres. part. combating or combatting) To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. "To combat with a blind man I disdain." "After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters."

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... seated with Emma in the parlor conversing on the subject of his marriage, which the fair girl desired put off until after Mrs. Wentworth's death, which her father told her could not be postponed many weeks. Her lover endeavored to combat her resolution, by declaring that while Alfred would always get a furlough if his wife was still alive at the expiration of its time, he could neither ask nor expect to obtain any further extension. They were in the ...

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