combated

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combated - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Combat \Com"bat\ (? or ?; 277), v. i. [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.
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           To combat with a blind man I disdain.    --Milton.
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           After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated
           only for the choice of masters.          --Gibbon.
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