Baretti: A dictionary of the English and Italian languages
Combát-tere, v. n.
1. to combat, fight, make an assault; 2. to bound; 3. to besiege a town, attack a battery, &c.; 4. to annoy, plague; 5. to contradict, oppose; s. m. Combát-titóre, f. Combát-titríce;adj. Combát-ténte.
Florio: a worlde of wordes, or most copious, dictionarie in Italian and English
combattere: to combat or fight together. Also to striue and contend.