DUELLED

DUEL

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


Verb

duelled

simple past tense and past participle of duel

Source: Wiktionary


DUEL

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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19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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