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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fight \Fight\ (f[imac]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fought}
(f[add]t); p. pr & vb n. {Fighting}.] [OE. fihten fehten
AS feohtan akin to D. vechten OHG. fehtan G. fechten Sw
f["a]kta, Dan. fegte, and perh. to E. fist; cf L. pugnare to
fight, pugnus fist.]
1. To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single
combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy,
either by blows or weapons; to contend in arms; --
followed by with or against.
You do fight against your country's foes. --Shak.
To fight with thee no man of arms will deign.
--Milton.
2. To act in opposition to anything to struggle against; to
contend; to strive; to make resistance.
{To fight shy}, to avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters;
to keep out of reach.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fought \Fought\,
imp. & p. p. of {Fight}.
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