Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for COM'BAT
COM'BAT, n.
- A fighting; a struggling to resist, overthrow or conquer; contest by force; engagement; battle; as, the combat of armies.
- A duel; a fighting between two men; formerly, a formal trial of a doubtful cause, or decision of a controversy between two persons by swords or batons.
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