WAR

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English werre, from Anglo-French werre, guerre, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German werra strife; akin to Old High German werran to confuse Date: 12th century 1. a. a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations, a period of such armed conflict, state of ~ , the art or science of ~fare, c. weapons and equipment for ~, soldiers armed and equipped for ~, 2. a state of hostility, conflict, or antagonism, a struggle or competition between opposing forces or for a particular end , variance , odds 3, ~less adjective II. intransitive verb (~red; ~ring) Date: 13th century to be in active or vigorous conflict, to engage in ~fare, III. adverb or adjective see: worse Date: 13th century worse , IV. transitive verb (~red; ~ring) Date: 15th century worst , overcome