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<blockquote>He had to <b>fight</b> his way through the world. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I have <b>fought</b> a good fight. <i>2 Tim. iv. 7.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To contend with in battle; to war against; <as>as, they <ex>fought</ex> the enemy in two pitched battles; the sloop <ex>fought</ex> the frigate for three hours.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To cause to fight; to manage or maneuver in a fight; <as>as, to <ex>fight</ex> cocks; to <ex>fight</ex> one's ship.</as></def>

<cs><col>To fight it out</col>, <cd>to fight until a decisive and conclusive result is reached.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Fight</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>fight</ets>, <ets>feht</ets>, AS. <ets>feoht</ets>. See <er>Fight</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A battle; an engagement; a contest in arms; a combat; a violent conflict or struggle for victory, between individuals or between armies, ships, or navies, etc.</def>

<blockquote>Who now defies thee thrice to single <b>fight</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A struggle or contest of any kind.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Strength or disposition for fighting; pugnacity; <as>as, he has a great deal of <ex>fight</ex> in him</as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A screen for the combatants in ships.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Up with your <b>fights</b>, and your nettings prepare. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Running fight</col>, <cd>a fight in which the enemy is continually chased; also, one which continues without definite end or result.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Combat; engagement; contest; struggle; encounter; fray; affray; action; conflict. See <er>Battle</er>.</syn>

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<hw>Fight"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>feohtere</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who fights; a combatant; a warrior.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Fight"ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Qualified for war; fit for battle.</def>

<blockquote>An host of <b>fighting</b> men. <i>2 Chron. xxvi. 11.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Occupied in war; being the scene of a battle; <as>as, a <ex>fighting</ex> field</as>.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<cs><col>A fighting chance</col>, <cd>one dependent upon the issue of a struggle.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Fighting crab</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the fiddler crab.</cd> -- <col>Fighting fish</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a remarkably pugnacious East Indian fish (<spn>Betta pugnax</spn>), reared by the Siamese for spectacular fish fights.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Fight"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Pugnaciously.</def>

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<hw>Fight"wite`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fight</ets> + <ets>wite</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(O.Eng. Law)</fld> <def>A mulct or fine imposed on a person for making a fight or quarrel to the disturbance of the peace.</def>