warre

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A form of war — Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually but not always involving active engagement of military forces.

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Meanings

nounwarre (countable and uncountable, plural warres)

plural warres

  1. countableobsoleteuncountableObsolete spelling of war.

    Out Of Civil States, There Is Alwayes Warre Of Every One Against Every One

    1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
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    The Poets olde in their fonde fables faine, / That mightie Mars is god of Warre and Strife, / These astronomers thinke, where Mars doth raigne, / That all debate and discorde must he rife,

    1572, George Gascoigne, Dulce Bellum Inexpertis

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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MLA

“warre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warre. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “warre,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warre.

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