2. Verb. (third-person singular of combat) ¹
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Definition of Combats
1. combat [v] - See also: combat
Lexicographical Neighbors of Combats
Literary usage of Combats
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of Laws: Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1794)
"... of judicial combats was not ... of judicial combats gained ground continually
in France ; and I ..."
2. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"... because she found me dwelling abroad in the eye of my flesh, and ruminating
on such food, as through it I had devoured. CHAPTER VII. He combats the ..."
3. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"... combats—Excesses committed by the Spaniards—Lord Wellington reproaches their
generals—His vigorous and resolute conduct—Me menacee the French ..."
4. 1815, Waterloo by Henry Houssaye (1905)
"THE combats OF WAVRE AND THE RETREAT OF GROUCHY. I.—March of Grouchy on Wavre.
... combats of La Falise and Boquet (morning of June 2Oth).—Defense 19th). ..."
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