"give battle" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-give battle.ogg [Australia] Forms: gives battle [present, singular, third-person], giving battle [participle, present], gave battle [past], given battle [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> battle}} give battle (third-person singular simple present gives battle, present participle giving battle, simple past gave battle, past participle given battle)
  1. (dated) To engage in warfare; to attack or fight with military force. Tags: dated Categories (topical): War Related terms: do battle Translations (Translations): käydä taistoon (Finnish), livrer bataille (French), dare battaglia (Italian)
    Sense id: en-give_battle-en-verb-ZN1nlWOk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for give battle meaning in English (1.9kB)

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