DIGLADIATE

Etymology

Verb

digladiate (third-person singular simple present digladiates, present participle digladiating, simple past and past participle digladiated)

(rare) To fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.

Warring and digladiating amongst themselves in controversies.

Source: Wiktionary


Di*gla"di*ate, v. i. Etym: [L. digladiari; di- = dis- + gladius a sword.]

Definition: To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently. [Obs.] Digladiating like Æschines and Demosthenes. Hales.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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