warray en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈwɒɹi/
- /wəˈɹeɪ/
Etymology
From Middle English werreyen, from Old Northern French werreier, from Vulgar Latin *werrizāre.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To wage war against.
And them long time before, great Nimrod was, That first the world with sword and fire warrayd […]
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| warrayed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| warrayed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| warrays | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| warrey | alternative | lexicographic | |
| warraying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |