warre
English
Etymology
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Noun
warre (countable and uncountable, plural warres)
- Obsolete spelling of war.
- 1572, George Gascoigne, Dulce Bellum Inexpertis:
- The Poets olde in their fonde fables faine, / That mightie Mars is god of Warre and Strife, / These astronomers thinke, where Mars doth raigne, / That all debate and discorde must he rife,
- 1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Out Of Civil States, There Is Alwayes Warre Of Every One Against Every One
Anagrams
Middle English
Adjective
warre
- alternative form of werre (“worse”)
Adverb
warre
- alternative form of werre (“worse”)
Noun
warre
- alternative form of werre (“worse”)
Mokilese
Noun
warre
- first-person singular demonstrative of war
West Frisian
Alternative forms
- warje (hapax legomenon)
- warje, werre
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋa.rə/
- Rhymes: -arə
- Hyphenation: war‧re
Verb
warre
- (transitive, literary) to hold back, to ward off
- (transitive, literary) to remove, to take away
- (reflexive) to defend oneself, to resist
- Synonym: ferwarre
- (reflexive) to do one's best
Inflection
| Weak class 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | warre | |||
| 3rd singular past | warde | |||
| past participle | ward | |||
| infinitive | warre | |||
| long infinitive | warren | |||
| gerund | warren n | |||
| auxiliary | hawwe | |||
| indicative | present tense | past tense | ||
| 1st singular | war | warde | ||
| 2nd singular | warst | wardest | ||
| clitic form | warsto | wardesto | ||
| 3rd singular | wart | warde | ||
| plural | warre | warden | ||
| imperative | war | |||
| participles | warrend | ward | ||
Derived terms
interjections
- war dy
verbs
- bewarre
- ferwarre
- ôfwarre
- tsjinwarre