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verb
To prove or refute, especially through combat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
Topics: law
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verb
To engage in battle or combat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive, obsolete
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verb
To determine or decide by combat; to fight out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To ready or prepare for combat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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History
Inherited from Middle English dereynen, from Old French deraisnier (“to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings”), from Late Latin derationare (“to discourse, contend in law”).
