warfaringadj.
That wages war; that serves, or takes part, in war; militant. Also figurative.
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society > armed hostility > war > [adjective] > waging war
militant?a1425
warfaring1549
belligerent1584
warring1702
operating1728
belligerous1731
co-belligerent1813
warraying1852
1549 E. Allen tr. L. Juda Paraphr. Reuelacion S. John xxii. f. 1–4, in M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II This militant & warrfarynge churche.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 188 He is the warfaring and battling Priest.
1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 143 Lads were early formed in that rough, warfaring epoch.
Derivatives
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society > armed hostility > war > [adverb] > in warlike manner
warlyc1400
warlikely1548
martially?1578
warfaringly1611
belligerently1837
bellicosely1882
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Belliqueusement, martially, warlikely; warfaringly.
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ˈwarˌfaring
ˈwarˌfaring n.
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society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > action of waging war
warrayinga1300
warring13..
warfarec1485
war-makingc1485
warfaring1598
waginga1674
levying1769
belligerence1814
war-fighting1965
1598 R. Bernard tr. Terence Heautontimoroumenos Argt., in Terence in Eng. 192 Menedemus..forced his sonne Clinia..to goe a warrefaring.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xxxv. 44 His indiscreet way of warfaring in Asia.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 103 During these wild warfarings and strugglings.
1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd iii. 196 The Burg of the Niblung people and the heart of their warfaring.
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