Combated
[kɔmbətid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Combat
Checker: Quincy
Examples
- He relinquished them with an agreeable smile, and combated with the door as if it were a wild beast. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- As that hope failed, instinctive love of life animated me, and feelings of contention, as if a hostile will combated with mine. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And, lastly, I combated Mr. Franklin Blake's scruples, and induced him to be the means of transporting the Diamond to Lady Verinder's house. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Checker: Quincy