verb
- past tense of duel; fought in a formal combat between two people with weapons
Usage: historical
Examples
- The two gentlemen dueled at dawn with pistols.
- Hamilton and Burr dueled in 1804.
- Knights often dueled to defend their honor.
- The rivals dueled with swords in the courtyard.
- He dueled his opponent over the insult.
- They dueled according to the code of honor.