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   Combat , 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.
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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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   When he the ambitious Norway combated.
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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, n. [Cf. F. combat.]
   A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.
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   My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st.
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   The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina.
   Shak.
   
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   (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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