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单词 just battle
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just battlen.

Brit. /ˌdʒʌst ˈbatl/, U.S. /ˌdʒəst ˈbæd(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: just adj., battle n.
Etymology: < just adj. + battle n.With sense 2 compare Middle French juste bataille (1530 in this sense).
1. A battle or other conflict considered morally or (originally) theologically justifiable. Cf. just war n.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > other types of battle
just battle?1483
by-battle1842
hackathon1985
?1483 W. Caxton tr. Caton i. sig. dviiv To demaunde helpe & socour of god in Iuste batayle.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. viii. iv. f. 95v/2 We ar to fecht in iust battall, aganis oure peruerst ennymes.
a1640 W. Fenner Spiritvall Man's Directorie (1648) 43 A Captaine and his souldiers may kill the enemy in a just battell.
1715 P. Abercromby Martial Atchievem. Scots Nation II. i. 21 Hector Boethius..describes the Victory gained over the Lord Baliol at Annand, as a just Battle won after a long and doubtful Fight.
1854 Anglo-Amer. Mag. Oct. 349/1 The brave soldier of merry old England even now is fighting his just battle..upon the banks of the rapid rolling Ister.
1965 Irish Times 30 Oct. 16/6 Irish exiles in Britain stand four square behind the Irish Telephonists' Association in their just battle for recognition.
2007 Toronto Star (Nexis) 12 Sept. a2 She spoke eloquently on her loss and urged all Canadians to support the ‘just battle’ against terrorism.
2. A pitched battle. Obsolete.See also quot. 1588 at just adj. 8.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > battle or a battle > pitched battle
pitched battle?1530
main battle1569
just battle1578
field fight1598
pitch-field1613
pitch battle1673
ranged battle1680
stricken field (rarely battle)1820
1578 W. B. tr. Appian of Alexandria Aunc. Hist. Romanes Warres v. 318 Dyuers fightes there was betweene them both, in iust battell, and in ambushmentes.
1689 J. M. tr. Hist. Venetian Conquest iii. 88 The first day past in divers light Skirmishes..without coming to a just Battel.
1756 T. Rutherforth Inst. Nat. Law II. ix. 510 We speak of a just battle, a just army, and a just volume, to distingu[i]sh [sic] them from a skirmish, a small party, and a pamphlet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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