BATTLE
\bˈatə͡l], \bˈatəl], \b_ˈa_t_əl]\
Definitions of BATTLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
By Princeton University
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an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals); "the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph"--Thomas Paine; "police tried to control the battle between the pro- and anti-abortion mobs"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Fertile. See Battel, a.
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A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
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A division of an army; a battalion.
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The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.
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To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
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To assail in battle; to fight.
By Oddity Software
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Fertile. See Battel, a.
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A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
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A division of an army; a battalion.
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The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.
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To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
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To assail in battle; to fight.
By Noah Webster.
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A fight or encounter between opposing forces; a struggle for mastery.
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To contend in a fight; to struggle; as, to battle against difficulties.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A contest between opposing armies: a fight or encounter.
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To join or contend in fight.
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The body of an army.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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