warre

English

Etymology

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Noun

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

Anagrams

• rawer

Middle English

Adjective

warre

1. Alternative form of werre (“worse”)

Adverb

warre

1. Alternative form of werre (“worse”)

Noun

warre

1. Alternative form of werre (“worse”)

Mokilese

Noun

warre

1. first-person singular demonstrative of war

West Frisian

Alternative forms

• warje (hapax)
• warje, werre

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋa.rə/
• Rhymes: -arə
• Hyphenation: war‧re

Verb

warre

1. (transitive, literary) to hold back, to ward off
2. (transitive, literary) to remove, to take away
3. (reflexive) to defend oneself, to resist

   Synonym: ferwarre

4. (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

References

• “warre” at Frysker
• “warre”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011