Definition of combat

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Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..

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Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..
List :: List (v. t.) To inclose for combat; as, to list a field..
Gage :: Gage (n.) A glove, cap, or the like, cast on the ground as a challenge to combat, and to be taken up by the accepter of the challenge; a challenge; a defiance..
Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent..
Agonistics :: Agonistics (n.) The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games..
Part :: Part (n.) Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants..
Battel :: Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager..
Gladiatorian :: Gladiatorian (a.) Of or pertaining to gladiators, or to contests or combatants in general..
Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..
Combativeness :: Combativeness (n.) The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A screen for the combatants in ships.
Fray :: Fray (n.) Affray; broil; contest; combat.
Knightly :: Knightly (a.) Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit..
Encounter :: Encounter (v. i.) To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo..
Tournament :: Tournament (n.) A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery; hence, figuratively, a real battle..
Combater :: Combater (n.) One who combats.
Dueling :: Dueling (n.) The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.
Allopathy :: Allopathy (n.) That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy..
Combat :: Combat (n.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.
Spar :: Spar (v. i.) To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box..
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