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Warish
War′ish
,Verb.
T.
[OF.
warir
to protect, heal, cure, F. guéri[GREEK]
to cure; of Teutonic origin; cf. OHG. werian
, weren
, to protect, to hinder. See Garret
.] To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal.
[Obs.]
My brother shall be
warished
hastily. Chaucer.
Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who
warish
and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. Holland.
War′ish
,Verb.
I.
To be cured; to recover.
[Obs.]
Your daughter . . . shall
warish
and escape. Chaucer.
Definition 2024
warish
warish
English
Verb
warish (third-person singular simple present warishes, present participle warishing, simple past and past participle warished)
- (obsolete, transitive) To cure or heal (an illness or person)
- Late 14th century: Thanne were myn herte / Al warisshed of his bittre peynes smerte. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales
- Holland
- Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To get better; to recover from an illness