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Webster 1913 Edition
Warfare
1.
Military service; military life; contest carried on by enemies; hostilities; war.
The Philistines gathered their armies together for
warfare
, to fight with Israel. I Sam. xxviii. 1.
This day from battle rest;
Faithful hath been your
Faithful hath been your
warfare
. Milton.
2.
Contest; struggle.
The weapons of our
warfare
are not carnal. 2 Cor. x. 4.
War′fareˊ
,Verb.
I.
To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
Camden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Warfare
WARFARE
,Noun.
1.
Military service; military life; war.The Philistines gathered their armies for warfare. 1 Samuel 28.
2.
Contest; struggle with spiritual enemies.The weapons of our warfare are not carnal. 2 Corinthians 10.
WARFARE
,Verb.
I.
In that credulous warfaring age. [Little used.]
Definition 2024
warfare
warfare
English
Noun
warfare (usually uncountable, plural warfares)
- The waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy.
- Bible, 1 Sam. xxviii. 1
- The Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel.
- Bible, 1 Sam. xxviii. 1
- Military operations of some particular kind e.g. guerrilla warfare.
Derived terms
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Translations
the waging of war or armed conflict against an enemy
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military operations of some particular kind
Verb
warfare (third-person singular simple present warfares, present participle warfaring, simple past and past participle warfared)
- To lead a military life; to carry on continual wars.
- warfare in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913