Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To fence; quarrel.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb obsolete To fight like gladiators; to contend fiercely; to dispute violently.

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  • verb obsolete, rare To fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.

Etymologies

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Latin digladiari; di- = dis- + gladius a sword.

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