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<hw>Comb</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A dry measure. See <er>Coomb</er>.</def>

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<hw>Com"bat</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Combated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Combating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>combattre</ets>; pref. <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>battre</ets> to beat, fr. L. <ets>battuere</ets> to strike. See <er>Batter</er>.]</ety> <def>To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>combat</b> with a blind man I disdain. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>After the fall of the republic, the Romans <b>combated</b> only for the choice of masters. <i>Gibbon.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Com"bat</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist.</def>

<blockquote>When he the ambitious Norway <b>combated</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And <b>combated</b> in silence all these reasons. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Minds <b>combat</b> minds, repelling and repelled. <i>Goldsmith.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent.</syn>

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<hw>Com"bat</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>combat</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.</def>

<blockquote>My courage try by <b>combat</b>, if thou dar'st. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The noble <b>combat</b> that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies.</def>

<cs><col>Single combat</col>, <cd>one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also a duel.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See <er>Battle</er>, <er>Contest</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Com"bat*a*ble</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>combattable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; <as>as, <ex>combatable</ex> foes, evils, or arguments</as>.</def>

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<hw>Com"bat*ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>combattant</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <def>Contending; disposed to contend.</def>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

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<hw>Com"bat*ant</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>combattant</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who engages in combat.</def> "The mighty <i>combatants</i>."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>A controversy which long survived the original <b>combatants</b>. <i>Macaulay</i></blockquote>

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