Battle \Bat"tle\ (b[a^]t"t'l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Battled} (-tl'd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Battling}.] [F. batailler, fr. bataille. See {Battle}, n.] To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories. [1913 Webster] To meet in arms, and battle in the plain. --Prior. [1913 Webster]
Battled \Bat"tled\, p. p. Embattled. [Poetic] --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]