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▪ I. warlike, a. and adv.|ˈwɔːlaɪk|
Forms: 5 Sc. wir-, weirelyk, werlik, 5–6 Sc. weirlyk(e, 6 Sc. were-, weirlike, -lic; 6 warlycke, warrelike, 6–7 warlicke, warrelyke, 6–8 warlick, (7 warlique), 6– warlike.
[f. war n.1 + -like.]
A. adj.
1. Of a person, nation, etc.: Naturally disposed to warfare or fighting; skilled in war, martial; courageous in war, valiant; fond of war, bellicose.
† the warlike god, the god of war, Mars.
c1470Henry Wallace iv. 323 Thir werlik Scottis, all with one assent, Northt so our Ern throuch out the land thai went. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 75 Thinhabitantes [of Jamaica] are..warrelyke men. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iii. ii. 118 Warlike and Martiall Talbot, Burgonie Inshrines thee in his heart. 1599Shakes. etc. Pass. Pilgr. 147 Euen thus (quoth she) the warlike god embrac't me. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 712 Joane wife unto that most warlicke [1637 warlique] Knight Edw. Prince of Wales. 1635–56Cowley Davideis iv. 557 As when a wrathful Dragons dismal light Strikes suddenly some warlike Eagles sight. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 902 The warlike Angel mov'd, Disdainfully half smiling thus repli'd. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. vi. Wks. 1851 V. 584 The warlike tribes in North America. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville III. 200 Some trifling assistance from government, to protect them from the predatory and warlike tribes. 1837Dickens Pickw. ii, Mr. Winkle retraced his steps..with the gloomy and dreadful resolve of accepting the challenge of the warlike Doctor Slammer.
b. Of actions, attributes, etc.: Martial, valiant.
1594Kyd Cornelia iv. 188 And so let his warlike browes Still be deckt with Lawrel boughes. 1836Thirlwall Greece xiii. II. 190 These exercises do not create and are not sufficient to keep alive the warlike spirit of a nation.
c. Of things: Martial in character.
c1470Henry Wallace viii. 1021 Ȝeit thai within on lowd defyit Wallace, And trumpattis blew with mony werlik soun. 1595Shakes. John ii. 242 For this downe-troden equity, we tread In warlike march, these greenes before your Towne. 1602― Ham. v. ii. 360 What warlike noyse is this? 1667Milton P.L. i. 531 At the warlike sound Of Trumpets loud and Clarions. 1811Scott Don Roderick lvi, Then peals the warlike thunder of the drum.
d. Favouring or threatening war.
1915Nation (N.Y.) 17 June 671/1 After his own outgivings he [Mr. Bryan] had the effrontery to blame the press for making people think the note would be warlike.
†e. fig. Of writings: = polemic a. nonce-use.
a1603T. Cartwright in Presbyt. Rev. (1888) Jan. 121 Ambrose and especially Austin in their warlike writinges as they are termed.
†2. Equipped for fighting or for war. Obs.
c1420Wyntoun Cron. ix. xvi. 1704 Schir Henry, qwhat makis ȝow to be Sa wirlyk as now heyr we ȝow se? 1563in Rymer Foedera (1719) XV. 631 With one Shippe..Marchant⁓like and not Warlike. 1591Spenser Virg. Gnat 124 He, that..No deadly fight of warlick fleete doth feare. 1602Shakes. Ham. iv. vi. 15 Ere we were two dayes old at Sea, a Pyrate of very Warlicke appointment gaue vs Chace. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 537 Monasteries, ancient and warlike, so built for feare of theeves and pyrats. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 285 If to the Warlike Steed thy Studies bend. 1711in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. v. 124 They are..destitute of warlick ships and other vessells.
3. Of or pertaining to war.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 78 b, The assemblie of the Empire..was in this warlyke preparation. 1573Satir. Poems Reform. xxxix. 93 For ordinance thay dung at day and nycht By weirlyk volyis. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xxi. 26 b, [They] surrendred the same [castle].. without any warlike reason. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. ii. 16 They were two knights of perelesse puissance, And famous far abroad for warlike gest. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, ii. i. 44 Since first I follow'd Armes, Nere heard I of a warlike enterprize More venturous..then this. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 282 Who being brought up in warlike feats..most manfully defended this Castle against King Stephen. 1675Traherne Chr. Ethics 363 A warlike-field is the seed-plot of great and heroical actions. 1687A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. iii. xxi. 39 He was upon his return from a Warlike expedition. 1784Cowper Task v. 234 Him they serv'd in war, And him in peace, for sake of warlike deeds Rev'renc'd no less. 1817Byron Manfred iii. i. 141 Mortals..who..die ere middle age, Without the violence of warlike death. 1846Greener Sci. Gunnery 81 All our arrangements in warlike preparations, at present, involve [etc.]. 1847Mrs. A. Kerr tr. Ranke's Hist. Servia 342 Their former glorious warlike exploits..led them to entertain very different expectations.
b. of formation, order, etc.
1599A. Hume Hymns vii. 191 Poems (S.T.S.) 57 Euen sik..Sall armed be that day with spear and sheild, Baith horsse and fute in weirlike maner drest. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 780 The Cherubim..stood armd To thir night watches in warlike Parade. 1808Scott Marm. i. xx, Were I in warlike wise to ride, A better guard I would not lack. 1870Bryant Iliad ix. 102 With each A hundred youths in war⁓like order marched.
c. Of arms, munitions, etc.: For use in war.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. xliii. 283 We shall learne also howe to fight agaynst Antichrist, and howe he muste be ouercomen not with warlicke, but spiritual weapons. 1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 183/1 Armamentarium,..an armourie, or place wherein warlike furniture is kept. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. Prol. 13 To Tenedos they come, And the deepe-drawing Barke[s] do there disgorge Their warlike fraut-age. 1652Wadsworth tr. Sandoval's Civ. Wars Spain v. xxx. 312 They were in all six thousand compleat Foot and hors, besides thirtie Carts loaden with Munition, carriages, and other warlike utensils. 1895J. G. Millais Breath fr. Veldt 24 Ample provisions, ammunition, and warlike stores were deposited in the hunting-carts.
d. Of exercises, training, etc.: Of a military character, martial. ? Now rare.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. ii. xviii. 51 b, [They are] exercised..to shoote, and doe all other warlyke exercises. 1626Gouge Serm. Dignity Chivalry §7 Were Artillery Gardens, and Military Fields for Martiall discipline and warlike trainings, fostered..thorow-out this land.
4. Of or belonging to a warrior or soldier.
1551in Feuillerat Revels Edw. VI (1914) 59 Item for our Master of y⊇ Ordnaunce a ffayre apparell warlyke. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, iv. iii. 31, I breake my warlike word. 1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. viii. (1626) 150 For when he wore his fairely plumed cask; She thought him louely in that warlick mask. 1671Milton Samson 137 He..In scorn of thir proud arms and warlike tools, Spurn'd them to death by Troops. 1813Scott Trierm. i. xvii, Behind him were in triumph borne The warlike arms he late had worn. 1818Shelley Homer's Hymn to Minerva 5 From his awful head Whom Jove brought forth, in warlike armour dressed.
†B. adv. As is usual in war. Obs. rare.
1583A. Melvill in J. Melvill's Autob. & Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 161 The quhilk merciless men..ar gorgiuslie arrayit, and accompanied warlyke with a sort of limmers and godles suddartes. 1632Lithgow Trav. viii. 343 Some warlike maim'd, some lame.
Hence † ˈwarlikely adv., in a warlike condition or manner. † ˈwarlikeness, warlike disposition.
1548Hall Chron., Edw. IV (1550) 2 When his army by the sea, was thus warlykely set forward. Ibid. 37 b, So he hym selfe with his nobilitie warlikely accompaignied, passed ouer betwene Douer and Caleys. 1605Warlikenesse [see warliness]. 1606Warner Alb. Eng. xiv. lxxxiii. 345 We shall the warlikenesse compend of those fame-wronged Men. 1615G. Sandys Trav. i. 51 Many tall ships..warlikely appointed. 1626Sir W. Rawleigh's Ghost 3 The Cound..began to repeate many relations..touching the generall warlikenesse of the British Nation.
▪ II. warlike
obs. variant of warlock. |