verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To wage war against. obsolete, transitive

   "And them long time before, great Nimrod was, That first the world with sword and fire warrayd […]"

Synonyms

All synonyms

war

Example

More examples

"And them long time before, great Nimrod was, That first the world with sword and fire warrayd […]"

Etymology

From Middle English werreyen, from Old Northern French werreier, from Vulgar Latin *werrizāre.

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