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DUEL
duel
(noun) any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or groups)
duel, affaire d'honneur
(noun) a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people (accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel over a point of honor
duel
(verb) fight a duel, as over one’s honor or a woman; “In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
duel (plural duels)
Arranged, regular combat between two private persons, often over a matter of honor.
Historically, the wager of battle (judicial combat)
Any struggle between two contending persons, groups or ideas.
Verb
duel (third-person singular simple present duels, present participle (UK) duelling or (US) dueling, simple past and past participle (UK) duelled or (US) dueled)
To engage in a battle.
Anagrams
• ULed, leud, lude, lued
Source: Wiktionary
Du"el, n. Etym: [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See Bellicose, Two, and cf. Duello.]
Definition: A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.
Du"el, v. i. & t.
Definition: To fight in single combat. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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