Etymology: < late Latin type *combattentia: see combatv. The form according to later analogies would be combatancy.
Obsolete. rare.
Combatant state, hostility.
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society > armed hostility > [noun]
campOE
winOE
armoura1387
battlea1400
cocka1400
poynyec1425
combattery1524
hostility1531
combattencie1586
conflict1611
armed conflict1834
1586 W. WarnerAlbions Eng.iv. xxi. 94 Or if Combattansie not please, the Land is rich and large, And they Coperciners may liue, and vs of death discharge.
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