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bat·tle (băt́l)

[Middle English batel, from Old French bataille, from Vulgar Latin* battālia, from Late Latin battuālia, fighting and fencing exercises, from Latin battuere, to beat.]

noun 

    1. An encounter between opposing forces: an important battle in the Pacific campaign.
    2. Armed fighting; combat: wounded in battle.
  2. A match between two combatants: trial by battle.
    1. A protracted controversy or struggle: won the battle of the budget.
    2. An intense competition: a battle of wits.

verb: -tled, -tling, -tles. 

intransitive verb 

To engage in or as if in battle.

transitive verb 

To fight against: battled the enemy; battled cancer.

derivatives

bat́tler
noun
Bat·tle (băt́l)

 

A town of southeast England northwest of Hastings, near the site of the Battle of Hastings (1066). William the Conqueror built Battle Abbey to commemorate his victory here.