gladiate

Verb

To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.

Japanese Meaning

剣闘士のように戦う / ローマ時代の剣闘士として戦う

Every autumn, the retired soldiers would gladiate in the amphitheater to amuse the townspeople.

毎秋、退役した兵士たちは町の人々を楽しませるために円形闘技場で剣闘士として戦った。

Sense（1）

To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.

You could try and take us (oh, oh),

but we're the gladiators (oh, oh)

[…]

We gladiate, but I guess we're really fighting ourselves […]

gladiates

（ present singular third-person ）

gladiating

（ participle present ）

gladiated

（ participle past ）

gladiated

（ past ）