Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fought"

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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