fight(2) (iou) and whomsoever (iou)

fight(2) (iou)

fight verb. .
[Old English feohtan = Old Frisian fiuhta, Old Saxon fehtan (Du vechten), Old High German fehtan (German fechten) from West Germanic.]
verb intrans. Contend in war or battle or single combat. (Foll. by against, with, an opponent, for a person or thing supported or desired.) OE.
J. Wolcot He..is ready to fight up to his knees in blood for her Majesty. I. Murdoch She fought like a maniac. C. Isherwood When they fought..it was with fists and bottles and furniture.
b. verb refl. Bring (oneself) into, out of, to a certain condition etc. by fighting. M17.
verb intrans. transf. & fig. Contend, struggle, strive for victory; campaign or strive determinedly to achieve something. (With constructions as sense 1.) OE.
E. Calamy Men that fight against a Reformation. S. Spender He fought in the General Election..in the Liberal cause. A. Price The trailing blackberry shoots..were fighting with the vigorous crop of stinging nettles.
verb trans. Engage in or conduct (a battle, duel, etc.). ME.
T. Hardy A midnight battle had been fought on the moors.
b. Maintain (a cause, suit at law, quarrel, etc.) against opposition; contend over, contest (a question or election). E17.
Addison He fights the cause Of honor, virtue, liberty, and Rome.
c. Contend with (a horse etc.) for mastery. US. M19.
d. Win or make (one's way) by fighting. M19.
J. Didion Maria tried to..fight her way out of sleep.
verb trans. Engage or oppose in war, battle, or a duel, or with fists; war against. L17.
Day Lewis The scene of a battle..when the boys of Wexford had fought the oppressors.
b. Strive to overcome, contend against (disease, fire, fear, etc.). L18.
Tennyson She cannot fight the fear of death. J. Dickey The whole search party have to fight rapids after rapids for hour after hour.
verb trans. Cause (cocks, dogs, etc.) to fight. L17.
verb trans. Handle (troops, a ship, gun, etc.) in battle. L18.
R. L. Stevenson He told Captain Hotham to..fight his vessel till she sank.
verb trans. Contend in single combat for (a prize). rare. E19.
Phrases, & with adverbs in specialized senses: fight a person with his or her own weapons: see WEAPON. fight back (a) verb phr. trans. & intrans. resist; (b) verb phr. trans. suppress (one's feelings). fight down overcome, suppress (one's feelings). fight fair: see FAIR adjective. fight off (a) verb phr. trans. strive to defend oneself against, repel with effort; (b) verb phr. intrans. try to back out of something. fight out pursue (a fight etc.) to the end, settle by fighting (freq. in fight it out). fight shy of avoid, be unwilling to approach (a person, task, etc.). fight tooth and nail: see TOOTH noun. fight up against (now rare or obsolete) struggle against being overwhelmed by. fight windmills: see WINDMILL noun 1.
Comb.: fight-back a retaliation, a rally, a recovery; fight-off a contest to decide a tie, spec. in a fencing-match.
fightable adjective E19.

whomsoever (iou)

whomsoever pronoun. . LME.
[from WHOM + SOEVER.]
Objective of WHOSOEVER. LME.
R. Barber The knights..jousting..with whomsoever they chanced to meet.
Subjective: whosoever. (Often regarded as incorrect.) L16.
J. Ruskin They shall not be impeded by whomsoever it may be.

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