warre

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Etymology

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Noun

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warre (countable and uncountable, plural warres)

  1. 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

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Adjective

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warre

  1. Alternative form of werre (worse)

Adverb

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warre

  1. Alternative form of werre (worse)

Noun

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warre

  1. Alternative form of werre (worse)