Battle

1. A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
2. A division of an army; a battalion.
3. A struggle; a contest; as, the battle of life.
4. To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
5. The main body, as distinct from the van and rear; battalia.
6. To assail in battle; to fight.
7. Fertile. See Battel, a.