Warred

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  War \War\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Warred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Warring}.]
     1. To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with
        force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state
        by violence.
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              Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of
              Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem
              to war against it.                    --Isa. vii. 1.
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              Why should I war without the walls of Troy? --Shak.
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              Our countrymen were warring on that day! --Byron.
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     2. To contend; to strive violently; to fight. "Lusts which
        war against the soul." --1 Pet. ii. 11.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  warred
       See {war}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  war
       n 1: the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of
            people were killed in the war" [syn: {warfare}]
       2: a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by
          official declaration during which the international rules
          of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual
          fighting did not begin until the following spring" [syn: {state
          of war}] [ant: {peace}]
       3: an active struggle between competing entities; "a price
          war"; "a war of wits"; "diplomatic warfare" [syn: {warfare}]
       4: a concerted campaign to end something that is injurious;
          "the war on poverty"; "the war against crime"
       v : make or wage war [ant: {make peace}]
       [also: {warring}, {warred}]