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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Valour tried by war. obsolete, uncountable

   "On, on, you noblest English, / Whose blood is fet from fathers of warproof."

Adjective

1. 1
   Immune to being degraded or destroyed by war.

Example

More examples

"On, on, you noblest English, / Whose blood is fet from fathers of warproof."

Etymology

From war + proof.

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