inˈfight, v.
[f. in-1 + fight v., after L. impugnāre.]
† 1. trans. To fight against, attack, assail. Obs. rare.
| a 1300 E.E. Psalter xxxiv. 1 Over-come þe in-fightand me [L. impugnantes, OE. ða on-fehtendan]. Ibid. cxix. 7 Þai in-faght [L. impugnabant] me self-willi. |
2. To fight or box at close quarters; also fig. and transf. (cf. next).
| 1916 J. B. Cooper Coo-oo-ee xi. 156 Jack glued his chin to his chest and ‘smothered’, watching his opportunity to in-fight. 1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 vi. 164 We face this anarchy of jealous German princes, hundreds of them scheming, counter-scheming, infighting. |