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warish en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɒɹɪʃ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English warysshen, from Anglo-Norman waris-, the present participle stem of warir, from Old French guarir (modern guérir), from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną. Compare guarish.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) To cure or heal (an illness or a person).
   • Varro testifieth, that even at this day there be some there who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
2. (intransitive, obsolete) To get better; to recover from an illness.

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warish en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈwɔːɹɪʃ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of warrish (“warlike”).
   alt of warrish
   • … the state of nature is a warish, brutal state. 2004, Instructor's Manual for Velasquez's Philosophy, A Text with Readings
   • Because we found that operations management, strategic management of war forces, proved to have a lot of value, strategic management was shifted over into the arena of the industrial organization. So you'll notice the definition of strategy comes very much from a warish, militaristic context, i.e., the positioning of armed forces... 1974, Every librarian a manager: proceedings of a conference (Special Libraries Association, Indiana Chapter, Purdue University. Libraries and Audio-Visual Center)
   • ... life : and that a warish, short, and transient life. 1861, Thomas Adams, The works: Being the sum of his sermons, meditations, and other divine and moral discourses. With memoir by Joseph Angus, page 404:

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