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English
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- warre (obsolete)
Etymology
Late Old English werre, wyrre from Old Norman werre (cf Old French guerre) of Germanic origin, from Frankish *werra "confusion, strife" from Proto-Germanic *werso (“‘mixture, mix-up, confusion’”) from Proto-Indo-European *werza- (“‘mixture, confusion’”). Akin to Old High German werra "confusion, strife, quarrel" (German verwirren "to confuse"), Old Saxon werran "to confuse, perplex", Dutch war "confusion", Old English wyrsa, wiersa "worse", Old Norse verri "worse" (originally "confounded, mixed up"). Latin versus (“‘against, turned’”), past participle of vertere (“‘turn, change, overthrow, destroy’”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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Singular war |
Plural wars |
war (plural wars)
- A conflict involving the organized use of arms and physical force between countries or other large-scale armed groups. The warring parties hold territory, which they can win or lose; and each has a leading person or organization which can surrender, or collapse, thus ending the war.
- By extension, any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.
- (rhetorical) A campaign against something. E.g., the war on drugs is a campaign against the use of narcotic drugs; the war on terror is a campaign against terrorist crime.
- (by analogy, uncountable) A particular card game for two players.
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Derived terms
Terms derived from "war"
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Verb
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Infinitive to war |
Third person singular wars |
Simple past warred |
Past participle warred |
Present participle warring |
to war (third-person singular simple present wars, present participle warring, simple past and past participle warred)
- To engage in conflict with someone or something
- His emotions war with his intellect, making him conflicted.
Translations
to engage in conflict
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Anagrams
Breton
Preposition
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Dutch
Noun
war c. (plural warren)
- confusion, disarray
- a kind of contraption for luring and catching fish (e.g. by tangling them up in nets)
Derived terms
- in de war brengen
- verwarren
- ontwarren
- warrig
- warhoofd
- warboel
German
Pronunciation
Verb
war
Kurdish
Noun
war
Old High German
Adjective
wār
Tocharian B
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