Definition of combat

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

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Joust :: Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
Battailant :: Battailant (n.) A combatant.
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament..
Debate :: Debate (v. i.) To engage in strife or combat; to fight.
Combat :: Combat (v. t.) To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist..
Recreant :: Recreant (a.) Crying for mercy, as a combatant in the trial by battle; yielding; cowardly; mean-spirited; craven..
Debate :: Debate (v. t.) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
Combatable :: Combatable (a.) Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments..
Fray :: Fray (n.) Affray; broil; contest; combat.
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..
Gladiator :: Gladiator (n.) One who engages in any fierce combat or controversy.
Marshal :: Marshal (n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists..
Battailant :: Battailant (v. i.) Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike.
Monomachy :: Monomachy (n.) A duel; single combat.
Recreant :: Recreant (n.) One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch..
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..
Spat :: Spat (n.) Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension..
Knockdown :: Knockdown (n.) A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal..
Militant :: Militant (a.) Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.
Combated :: Combated (imp. & p. p.) of Comba.
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