digladiate

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verb

To fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.

OriginLatin digladiari →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbdigladiate (third-person singular simple present digladiates, present participle digladiating, simple past and past participle digladiated)

present singular third person digladiates · participle present digladiating · participle past digladiated · past digladiated

  1. rareTo fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.

    Warring and digladiating amongst themselves in controversies.

    1659, Edward Reynolds, Brotherly Agreement
    1 more example

    Digladiating, like Æschines and Demosthenes, they reciprocally lay open each other's filthiness to the view and scorn of the world.

    1659, John Hales, Golden Remains

Origin

  1. Latindigladiari
  2. Englishdigladiate

From Latin digladiari, from di-, dis- + gladius (“a sword”).

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “digladiate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/digladiate.

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