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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Combat \Com"bat\ (? or ?; 277), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Combated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Combating}.] [F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See {Batter}.] To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.
To combat with a blind man I disdain. --Milton.
After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. --Gibbon.
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