† duellizev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To engage in a duel or combat; = duel v. 1a.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > contend in battle or give battle [verb (intransitive)] > offer challenge of single combat or duel > engage in single combat or duel
to deraign battlec1380
kemp?a1400
to measure swords (also one's sword) (with)a1616
duellize1624
duel1647
to come to points1762
1624 J. Vicars tr. G. Goodwin Babels Balm 108 Couents in Combats duellizing, Papisticke Armies martiallizing.
1661 K. W. Confused Characters 6 That makes him so duellize and quarrell for the one.
Derivatives
duellizing adj. and n.
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1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids v. 123 The furious duellizing chariots swift Burst from their bounds.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xlii. 350 The Lists of a Duellizing Engagement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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