intransitive. To meet as rivals in a battle, fight, etc.; to clash.

intransitive. To engage (in combat). Obsolete.

intransitive. To come together (also †samen, †to-samen) in conflict or battle; to clash. Also transitive (reflexive). Obsolete.

In obvious phrases, as to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle (all obsolete); to†bid, offer, refuse, accept, take (arch.) battle; to join battle…

intransitive. To join battle, encounter, engage; esp. to fight on horseback as a knight or man-at-arms.

intransitive. Of two or more people: to come together by arrangement. Also with together.

To strike; to come to blows, encounter, join battle, engage, meet in the shock of battle or tournament. (Often with together.) Obsolete.

esp. To meet in fight; to join battle, make an attack or charge. (So in Old French.) Obsolete.

To meet in conflict; = assemble, v.1 6. Also, to make an attack on.

intransitive. To strike; to come to blows, meet in the shock of combat, tilt. Obsolete. See cope, v.2

Const. against, †on or †upon, with (a person); hence, to fight together.

intransitive. To engage together in combat.

To come together or meet in conflict; to engage in conflict, encounter. ? Obsolete.

to join battle (formerly also to join the battle): to come together, as opposing forces, and begin a battle (cf. sense 12); to enter upon a…

transitive. to commit battle (and variants): to join battle; to fight. Now archaic and rare.

intransitive with reciprocal sense. Of two combatants: to encounter each other in battle. Obsolete. rare.

intransitive. To make one's way into the fight, among the enemy; hence, to offer fight, to intervene in behalf of a person or in support of a cause.

transitive. To set in order for fighting; to set in battle array. Usually in to pitch a battle: to choose or prepare a battleground; to dispose…

To run together in hostility; to rush at each other. Obsolete.

intransitive. To meet with an enemy. Cf. recounter, v. 2a, rencounter, v. 1.

intransitive. = encounter, v. 1.

intransitive. To engage in a battle. Obsolete.

intransitive. To come into violent contact, to collide, clash together; esp. to encounter in the shock of battle. Now only archaic or as a Gallicism.

Scottish. intransitive. To join battle; to engage with an opponent, enemy, etc. Also: to fight, dispute; to argue or contend heatedly. Obsolete.

To intervene. Also, to rush into conflict. Obsolete.

intransitive. poetic. To join battle, engage in conflict. Obsolete.

to engage a combat (rare; after French engager le combat).

to run (or ride) a-tilt: i.e. in an encounter on horseback with the thrust of a lance. Now usually figurative of controversial encounters. Const. at…