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Antonyms for waging

Grammar : Verb
Spell : weyj
Phonetic Transcription : weɪdʒ

Definition of waging

Origin :
  • early 14c., "to pledge, deposit as a pledge," from Old North French wagier (Old French gagier), from wage (see wage (n.)). Meaning "to carry on" (of war, etc.) is attested from mid-15c., probably from earlier sense of "to offer as a gage of battle" (early 15c.). Related: Waged; waging.
  • verb carry on
Example sentences :
  • We are not waging war against the inhabitants of the Philippine Islands.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • Oh, Mary O'Neill, what a strange contradictory war you are waging!
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • I envisaged then this tiny Moon-crater, the scene of this battle we were waging.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • He had not done so with the purpose of waging war upon Spain.
  • Extract from : « Union and Democracy » by Allen Johnson
  • And who through our nation is waging the fight?What host from the battle is flying?
  • Extract from : « The Liberty Minstrel » by George W. Clark
  • As for the fight with Old Piper, there was no longer a reason for waging it.
  • Extract from : « The Letter of the Contract » by Basil King
  • It seemed impossible to them that that battle could still be waging, but it was.
  • Extract from : « Invaders from the Infinite » by John Wood Campbell
  • The Illinois, against whom you are waging war, are our brothers.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • And then Sampiero was waging deadly war against the Genoese.
  • Extract from : « Columba » by Prosper Merimee
  • This was the fight that Roosevelt was waging in every hour of his political career.
  • Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt and His Times » by Harold Howland

Synonyms for waging

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