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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
manage arms en · VERB
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(obsolete) To wage war.
The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne,
That cauſd the eldeſt ſonne of heauenly Ops,
To thruſt his doting father from his chaire,
And place himſelfe in the Emperiall heauen,
Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:
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