Past tense of 'duel': engaged in a formal combat or competition between two people, or competed with someone in a contest.
From 'duel' (from Medieval Latin 'duellum,' possibly from Latin 'duo' meaning 'two'), with the regular English past tense suffix '-ed.' The word entered English in the 16th century to describe formal armed combat between two people.
The most famous duel in American history was between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in 1804, and it actually changed how we think about dueling—public outrage made dueling socially unacceptable almost overnight. One deadly argument literally ended an entire cultural practice!
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