combats
plural of combat
Clipping of combat trousers.
Clipping of combat boots.
combats
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of combat
• tombacs
Source: Wiktionary
Com"bat ( or ; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Combated; p. pr. & vb. n. Combating.] Etym: [F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See Batter.]
Definition: To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. Gibbon.
Com"bat, v. t.
Definition: To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist. When he the ambitious Norway combated. Shak. And combated in silence all these reasons. Milton. Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled. Goldsmith.
Syn.
– To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent.
Com"bat, n. Etym: [Cf. F. combat.]
1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy. My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. Shak. The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. Shak.
2. (Mil.)
Definition: An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. Single combat, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also a duel.
Syn.
– A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See Battle, Contest.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 June 2024
(noun) an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; “a parade of strollers on the mall”; “a parade of witnesses”
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