digladiate
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin digladiari, from di-, dis- + gladius (“a sword”).
Verb
editdigladiate (third-person singular simple present digladiates, present participle digladiating, simple past and past participle digladiated)
- (rare) To fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.
- 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains:
- Digladiating, like Æschines and Demosthenes, they reciprocally lay open each other's filthiness to the view and scorn of the world.
- 1659, Edward Reynolds, Brotherly Agreement:
- Warring and digladiating amongst themselves in controversies.