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CombatCombat 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.
To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton.
After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated
only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon. Combat
Combat Com"bat, v. t.
To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend
against; to resist.
When he the ambitious Norway combated. --Shak.
And combated in silence all these reasons. --Milton.
Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled.
--Goldsmith.
Syn: To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn;
antagonize; repel; resent.
Combat a outranceOutrance Ou`trance" ([=oo]`tr[aum]Ns"), n. [F. See
Outr[AE].]
The utmost or last extremity.
Combat [`a] outrance, a fight to the end, or to the death. Combatable
Combatable Com"bat*a*ble (? or ?), a. [Cf. F. combattable.]
Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable
foes, evils, or arguments.
Combatant
Combatant Com"bat*ant, a. [F. combattant, p. pr.]
Contending; disposed to contend. --B. Jonson.
Combatant
Combatant Com"bat*ant, n. [F. combattant.]
One who engages in combat. ``The mighty combatants.'
--Milton.
A controversy which long survived the original
combatants. --Macaulay
CombatedCombat 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.
To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton.
After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated
only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon. Combater
Combater Com"bat*er, n.
One who combats. --Sherwood.
CombatingCombat 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.
To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton.
After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated
only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon. Combative
Combative Com"bat*ive (? or ?), a.
Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
Combativeness
Combativeness Com"bat*ive*ness, n.
1. The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or
to quarrel.
2. (Phren.) A cranial development supposed to indicate a
combative disposition.
Combattant
Combattant Com`bat`tant", a. [F.] (Her.)
In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to
face, each rampant.
Hors de combat
Hors de combat Hors` de com`bat" [F.]
Out of the combat; disabled from fighting.
Intercombat
Intercombat In`ter*com"bat, n.
Combat. [Obs.] --Daniel.
Noncombatant
Noncombatant Non*com"bat*ant, n. (Mil.)
Any person connected with an army, or within the lines of an
army, who does not make it his business to fight, as any one
of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and
others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an
army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect
to the navy.
WombatWombat Wom"bat, n. [From the native name, womback, wombach, in
Australia.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of three species of Australian burrowing marsupials
of the genus Phascolomys, especially the common species
(P. ursinus). They are nocturnal in their habits, and feed
mostly on roots.
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