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Definition war
Etymology
From Middle English werre, from Late Old English werre, wyrre (“armed conflict”) from Old Northern French werre (compare Old French guerre, whence modern French guerre), from Frankish *werra (“riot, disturbance, quarrel”) from Proto-Germanic *werr? (“mixture, mix-up, confusion, turmoil”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).
Akin to Old High German werra (“confusion, strife, quarrel”) (German verwirren (“to confuse”)), Old Saxon werran (“to confuse, perplex”), Dutch war (“confusion, disarray”), West Frisian war (“defense, self-defense, struggle", also "confusion”), Old English wyrsa, wiersa (“worse”), Old Norse verri (“worse”) (originally "confounded, mixed up"). There may be a connection with worse, wurst.
Noun
war (countable and uncountable, plural wars)
- (uncountable) Organized, large-scale, armed conflict between countries or between national, ethnic, or other sizeable groups, usually involving the engagement of military forces.
- (countable) A particular conflict of this kind.
- (countable, by extension) Any conflict, or anything resembling a conflict.
- (obsolete, uncountable) Instruments of war.
- (obsolete) Armed forces.
- (uncountable) A particular card game for two players, notable for having its outcome predetermined by how the cards are dealt.
Verb
war (third-person singular simple present wars, present participle warring, simple past and past participle warred)
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