foughtest

Verb

fight (third-person singular simple present fights, present participle fighting, simple past fought or (dated) fit, past participle fought or (dated) fit or (archaic) foughten)

1. (transitive) To engage in combat with; to oppose physically, to contest with.
   • My grandfather fought the Nazis in World War II.
2. (transitive) To conduct or engage in (battle, warfare, a cause, etc.).
   • Our soldiers fought the battle just over that hill.
3. (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle, etc.
   • A wounded animal will fight tooth and nail; relentless, savage and murderous.
4. (reciprocal) To contend in physical conflict with each other, either singly or in war, battle, etc.
   • The two boxers have been fighting for more than half an hour.
5. (causative) To cause to fight; to manage or manoeuvre in a fight.
   • And so we made their grave where they should lie
     Close side by side, as they had fought their tank
     Through every fight, arm touching arm.
     We made it deep, that nothing of the conflict they had left above
     Should break into their peace.1953, Revd. Waldo E. L. Smith, What Time the Tempest: An Army Chaplain's Story, page 244
6. (intransitive) To strive for something; to campaign or contend for success.
   • He fought for the Democrats in the last election.

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