Dictionary entry

Battle (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bat″tle (băt″t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Battled (–tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n.Battling.] [F. batailler, fr. bataille. See Battle, n.] To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.

To meet in arms, and battle in the plain.

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