combat

1. v. i. To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. Source: opted

2. v. t. To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. Source: opted

3. n. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. Source: opted

4. n. An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. Source: opted

5. n. an engagement fought between two military forces Source: wordnet

6. n. the act of fighting; any contest or struggle Source: wordnet

7. v. battle or contend against in or as if in a battle Source: wordnet

8. 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. 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. 1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. Shak. The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. Shak. 2. (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. Syn. -- A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See Battle, Contest. Source: webster

9. 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 thechoice of masters. Gibbon. Source: adambom

10. v:36/n:64 n. an engagement fought between two military forces Source: ecdict

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