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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Battle \Bat"tle\ (b[a^]t"t'l), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Battled} (-tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battling}.] [F. batailler, fr. bataille. See {Battle}, noun] To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
To meet in arms, and battle in the plain. --Prior.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Battled \Bat"tled\, p. p. Embattled. [Poetic] --Tennyson.
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