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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Recreant :: Recreant (n.) One who yields in combat, and begs for mercy; a mean-spirited, cowardly wretch..
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) A screen for the combatants in ships.
Combatable :: Combatable (a.) Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments..
Tilt :: Tilt (n.) A military exercise on horseback, in which the combatants attacked each other with lances; a tournament..
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops..
Fight :: Fight (v. i.) To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; -- followed by with or against..
Combativeness :: Combativeness (n.) A cranial development supposed to indicate a combative disposition.
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..
Stour :: Stour (n.) A battle or tumult; encounter; combat; disturbance; passion.
Cope :: Cope (v. i.) To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with..
Encounter :: Encounter (v. t.) A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter..
Dueling :: Dueling (n.) The act or practice of fighting in single combat. Also adj.
Joust :: Joust (v. i.) A tilting match; a mock combat on horseback between two knights in the lists or inclosed field.
Battel :: Battel (n.) A single combat; as, trial by battel. See Wager of battel, under Wager..
Combater :: Combater (n.) One who combats.
Knightly :: Knightly (a.) Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit..
Joust :: "Joust (v. i.) To engage in mock combat on horseback, as two knights in the lists; to tilt..
Darrain :: Darrain (v. t.) To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat.
Duel :: Duel (n.) A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other..
Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To separate combatants by intervening.
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