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Antonyms for warred


Grammar : Verb
Spell : wawr
Phonetic Transcription : wɔr



Definition of warred

Origin :
  • "to make war on," mid-12c.; see war (n.). Related: Warred; warring.
  • verb fight, battle
Example sentences :
  • The spirit had warred against the flesh, and the spirit had won then and now.
  • Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
  • What raised the warfare of Pius into grandeur was the scale upon which he warred.
  • Extract from : « History of the English People » by John Richard Green
  • He warred with destiny; and no man could say what was his fate until the hakim had decided.
  • Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat
  • For seven long years King Karl and his Franks warred in the peninsula.
  • Extract from : « With Spurs of Gold » by Frances Nimmo Greene
  • The hardwoods are also warred upon by bugs, weevils, borers, and fungi.
  • Extract from : « The Spell of the Rockies » by Enos A. Mills
  • He was an able prince, benevolent, and warred with the Moors.
  • Extract from : « The Every Day Book of History and Chronology » by Joel Munsell
  • She could see the smoke of fires against which the summer rain had warred in vain.
  • Extract from : « The Garden of Swords » by Max Pemberton
  • Afterwards he warred in Italy, slew Turnus, and won Lavinia (111-467).
  • Extract from : « Chaucer's Works, Volume 3 (of 7) » by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • Horrible was the society with which we warred, but our own means were not less horrible.
  • Extract from : « The Dynamiter » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • This plain has been the Aceldama of the nations that have warred in Palestine.
  • Extract from : « Heroines of the Crusades » by C. A. Bloss

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