duel, duello

[Ital. duello, from Lat. duellum, the original form of bellum a fight or battle between two, from duo =two; Fr. duel.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. Single combat; a combat or contest between two persons with deadly weapons, to decide some point of difference, or establish some point of honor. "In many armies, if the matter should be tried by duel between two champions, the victory should go on the one side."- Bacon . 2. A contest or battle between two parties. 3. Any contest or struggle. IMG:content-0622.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To engage or attack in single combat. 2. To kill in a duel. "He might so fashionably and genteelly have been duelled or fluxed into another world." -South . *du-el-er, *dū -ěl-ler, s . [Eng. duel; -er.] One who engages in a duel; a duelist. dū -ěl-ing, dū -ěl-ling, pr . p ., a . & s. [DUEL, v.] *A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or practice of fighting duels. du-ěl-ist, du'-el-list, s . [Eng. duel ; -ist.] 1. One who engages in a duel or single combat. 2. One who profe es to study the rules of honor. *dū -ěl-īze, dū-el-lize, v . 1. [Eng. duel ; -ize .] To contend. "The furious duelizing chariots swift Burst from their bounds." Vicars: Virgil (1632). ( Nares .) duke