What does "combated" mean?

simple past and past participle of combat

What is a synonym for "combated"?

Common synonyms include: battle, fight, action, aerial combat, affray, all-out war.

Combated

verb

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Verb

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simple past and past participle of combat form-of, participle, past
"The timidity of pronouncing the beloved name once overcome, it is a fond indulgence to dwell on expanding hopes, or to express gentle fears, for the very sake of having them combated."

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battle fight action aerial combat affray all-out war

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"Not the feelings which Ravenswood had begun to entertain towards Lucy Ashton, not the hospitality due to his guests, were able entirely to subdue, though they warmly combated, the deep passions which arose within him at beholding his father's foe standing in the hall of the family of which he had in a great measure accelerated the ruin."

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