intransitive. To make or carry on war; to fight. Now only literary. with const. against, on, †toward, upon, with.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > war > wage war			[verb (intransitive)]		 (26)		 warc1230 intransitive. To make or carry on war; to fight. Now only literary. with const. against, on, †toward, upon, with. to make warc1275 In various phrases. (For declare, levy, wage war, see the verbs.) to make war: to carry on hostilities. literal and figurative. Const. on, upon, with… warraya1300 intransitive. To make war. Const. on, upon, against; also to warray forth. = war, v.1 2. battle1330 intransitive. To fight, to engage in war. (Now rare in literal sense, in which fight is usual.) hostey?a1400 intransitive. To wage war, make a warlike expedition. to make (a) fighta1400 In obvious phrases: †to fang,†take (the) fight, to give fight, to make (a) fight. to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle1542 In obvious phrases, as to have, keep, make, smite, strike, battle (all obsolete); to†bid, offer, refuse, accept, take (arch.) battle; to join battle… warfare1565 intransitive. To wage war; to take part in war; to serve in the field. Also figurative. operate1781 intransitive. Military. To conduct a military or naval action. Cf. operation, n. 10. Subcategories:— 			declare war			(2)		 — 			go to war			(11)		 — 			continue at war			(3)		 — 			have success, failure, etc., during a war			(1)		  | 
	
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