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.
To meet in arms, and battle in the plain. --Prior.
Battled \Bat"tled\, p. p.
Embattled. [Poetic] --Tennyson.