2. Verb. (third-person singular of battle) ¹
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Definition of Battles
1. battle [v] - See also: battle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Battles
Literary usage of Battles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1866)
"THE battles or THE WILDERNESS.—A heroic stand.—Heth's and Wilcox's divisions.
... The Northern newspapers go into ecstasies.—THE battles OF ..."
2. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"The publication by this office of the partial translation of “battles and
Capitulation of ... Gerona and Santiago de Cuba (comparison of the two battles). ..."
3. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1899)
"In these battles at Spotsylvania he was almost invariably the attacking party;
... The battles in the Wilderness as well as those at Spotsylvania are ..."
4. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1853)
"The fate of the east was decided in two great battles; so similar in almost every
... His account of the two battles is clear and circumstantial. ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1880)
"ANT battles.—I have within the past few years witnessed several battles between
ants, and in some instances, the curious conduct of the captors towards ..."
6. The Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles ( Darwin (1890)
"Courtship of butterflies—battles—Ticking noise—Colours common to both sexes, ...
Mr. Collingwood, in speaking of the frequent battles between the ..."
7. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... but stand Steadfast to meet him : his or mine perchance To gain the glory ;
ever just the God Of battles, and hath ofttimes slain the slayer. ..."
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