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COLUMBATE n.
A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium.
COLUMBATZ FLY n.
See Buffalo fly, under Buffalo.
COMBAT v. 4 definitions
To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight. To combat with a blind man I disdain. Milton. After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. Gibbon.
COMBATABLE a.
Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.
COMBATANT n. 2 definitions
One who engages in combat. "The mighty combatants." Milton. A controversy which long survived the original combatants. Macaulay
COMBATER n.
One who combats. Sherwood.
COMBATIVE n.
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COMBATIVENESS n. 2 definitions
The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.
COMBATTANT a.
In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.
COMPROBATE v.
To agree; to concur. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
COMPROBATION n. 2 definitions
Approbation. [Obs.] Foxe.
CONGLOBATE a. 2 definitions
Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.
CONGLOBATION n. 2 definitions
The act or process of forming into a ball. Sir T. Browne.
COTTON BATTING n.
Cotton prepared in sheets or rolls for quilting, upholstering, and similar purposes.
CUBATION n.
The act of lying down; a reclining. [Obs.]
CUBATORY a.
Lying down; recumbent. [R.]
CUBATURE n.
The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body.
DEALBATE v.
To whiten. [Obs.] Cockeram.
DEALBATION n.
Act of bleaching; a whitening. [Obs.]
DEBATABLE a.
Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. The Debatable Land or Ground, a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground.
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