dimicationn.
/dɪmɪˈkeɪʃən/ Now rare.
Fighting; strife, contention.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun]
i-winc888
wrestlingc890
fightc1000
flitec1000
teenOE
winOE
ungrithlOE
wara1200
cockingc1225
strife?c1225
strivingc1275
struta1300
barratc1300
thro1303
battlec1375
contentionc1384
tuggingc1440
militationa1460
sturtc1480
bargain1487
bargaining1489
distrifea1500
concertation1509
hold1523
conflict1531
ruffle1532
tangling1535
scamblingc1538
tuilyie1550
bustling1553
tilt1567
ruffling1570
wresting1570
certationc1572
pinglinga1578
reluctation1593
combating1594
yoking1594
bandying1599
tention1602
contrast1609
colluctation1611
contestationa1616
dimication1623
rixation1623
colluctance1625
decertation1635
conflicting1640
contrasto1645
dispute1647
luctation1651
contest1665
stickle1665
contra-colluctation1674
contrasting1688
struggle1706
yed1719
widdle1789
scrambling1792
cut and thrust1846
headbutting1869
push-and-pull1881
contending1882
thrust and parry1889
aggro1973
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Dimication, a battell.
1650 S. Clarke Marrow Eccl. Hist. (1654) i. 66 In the dimication which arose about Arius.
1660 S. Fisher Rusticus ad Academicos ii. 37 In thy meer demi-digested demications against them.
1884 Times 28 July 6 In such a continual dimication..the defeated impersonations of error will be found fighting as briskly as ever they did to-morrow.
Derivatives
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society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)]
fightc900
deal993
wraxlec1000
skirm?c1225
makec1275
mellc1300
to fight togethera1400
meddlec1400
match1440
wring1470
cobc1540
toilc1540
strike1579
beat1586
scuffle1590
exchange blows1594
to bang it out or aboutc1600
buffeta1616
tussle1638
dimicate1657
to try a friskin1675
to battle it1821
muss1851
scrap1874
to mix it1905
dogfight1929
yike1940
to go upside (someone's) head1970
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Medicinal Materials i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Ss4v When Snailes are about to dimicate with Serpents.
dimicatory adj. affected or humorous relating to fighting or fencing.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [adjective]
dimicatory1892
1892 Sat. Rev. 2 Apr. 400/1 For matters dimicatory.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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