"werreyen" meaning in All languages combined

See werreyen on Wiktionary

Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /wɛˈræi̯ən/, /ˈwɛræi̯ən/, /ˈwɛriən/
Etymology: From Old French werreier, from Vulgar Latin *werrizāre. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|guerroiier|werreier}} Old French werreier, {{der|enm|VL.|*werrizāre}} Vulgar Latin *werrizāre Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} werreyen, {{enm-verb|stem=werrey}} werreyen (third-person singular simple present werreyeth, present participle werreyende, werreyynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle werreyed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|werrey}} Forms: werreyeth [present, singular, third-person], werreyende [participle, present], werreyynge [participle, present], werreyed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], werreyen [infinitive], to werreyen [infinitive], werreye [infinitive], werreye [first-person, present, singular], werreyed [first-person, past, singular], werreyest [present, second-person, singular], werreyedest [past, second-person, singular], werreyeth [present, singular, third-person], werreyed [past, singular, third-person], werreye [present, singular, subjunctive], werreyed [past, singular, subjunctive], werreye [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], werreyen [plural, present], werreye [plural, present], werreyeden [past, plural], werreyede [past, plural], werreyeth [imperative, plural, present], werreye [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], werreyynge [participle, present], werreyende [participle, present], werreyed [participle, past], ywerreyed [participle, past], werrey [alternative], werry [alternative], werrai [alternative], werrien [alternative], werraye [alternative], werrei [alternative], werreye [alternative], werye [alternative]
  1. To attack, fight or war (against something); to be involved in armed conflict.
    Sense id: en-werreyen-enm-verb-K5IXaXxM Categories (other): War Disambiguation of War: 96 1 0 0 1 2
  2. To attack a religion, a deity, or a spiritual leader or figure; to enter into religious conflict.
    Sense id: en-werreyen-enm-verb-d91wipGH Categories (other): Religion Disambiguation of Religion: 0 57 26 17 0 0
  3. To denigrate, show enmity towards, or bring down a religion or deity.
    Sense id: en-werreyen-enm-verb-XsgU0zgJ
  4. (rare) To disavow or argue against a doctrine or belief. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-werreyen-enm-verb-0q6dfNxI
  5. (rare) To cause a commotion, conflict, or uprising; to stir up trouble. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-werreyen-enm-verb-5qU4Xzna
  6. (figurative, rare) To attract or court a romantic partner. Tags: figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-werreyen-enm-verb-KSKSDgn- Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 8 27 11 5 8 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 32 4 4 4 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 33 4 3 3 54

Alternative forms

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      "form": "werreyende",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "werreyest",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "werreyed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werreye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "werreyen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "werreye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
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      "form": "werreyeden",
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        "present"
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      "form": "werreyynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past"
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      "form": "ywerreyed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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      ]
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      "form": "werry",
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      ]
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      "form": "werrai",
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      ]
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      "form": "werrien",
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      ]
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      "form": "werraye",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "werrei",
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      ]
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      "form": "werreye",
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  "lang": "Middle English",
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        "To attack a religion, a deity, or a spiritual leader or figure; to enter into religious conflict."
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          "religion",
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          "deity",
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        [
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          "spiritual"
        ]
      ]
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        "To denigrate, show enmity towards, or bring down a religion or deity."
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          "denigrate",
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          "bring"
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      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "To disavow or argue against a doctrine or belief."
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          "disavow",
          "disavow"
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        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
        ],
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          "doctrine",
          "doctrine"
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        [
          "belief",
          "belief"
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        "(rare) To disavow or argue against a doctrine or belief."
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "To cause a commotion, conflict, or uprising; to stir up trouble."
      ],
      "id": "en-werreyen-enm-verb-5qU4Xzna",
      "links": [
        [
          "commotion",
          "commotion"
        ],
        [
          "conflict",
          "conflict"
        ],
        [
          "uprising",
          "uprising"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To cause a commotion, conflict, or uprising; to stir up trouble."
      ],
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        "rare"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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      "glosses": [
        "To attract or court a romantic partner."
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        "(figurative, rare) To attract or court a romantic partner."
      ],
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        "rare"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛˈræi̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛræi̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛriən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werreyen"
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    "Middle English weak verbs",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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      "form": "werreye",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
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        "first-person",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "past",
        "singular",
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
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      "form": "werreyen",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "werreye",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "werreyeden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werreyede",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "werreyeth",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werreyynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werreyende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werreyed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ywerreyed",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werrey",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werry",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werrai",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werrien",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werraye",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werrei",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werreye",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "werye",
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        "alternative"
      ]
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  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To attack, fight or war (against something); to be involved in armed conflict."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attack",
          "attack"
        ],
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ],
        [
          "war",
          "war"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To attack a religion, a deity, or a spiritual leader or figure; to enter into religious conflict."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "spiritual",
          "spiritual"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To denigrate, show enmity towards, or bring down a religion or deity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "denigrate",
          "denigrate"
        ],
        [
          "enmity",
          "enmity"
        ],
        [
          "bring",
          "bring"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To disavow or argue against a doctrine or belief."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disavow",
          "disavow"
        ],
        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
        ],
        [
          "doctrine",
          "doctrine"
        ],
        [
          "belief",
          "belief"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To disavow or argue against a doctrine or belief."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause a commotion, conflict, or uprising; to stir up trouble."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "commotion",
          "commotion"
        ],
        [
          "conflict",
          "conflict"
        ],
        [
          "uprising",
          "uprising"
        ],
        [
          "trouble",
          "trouble"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) To cause a commotion, conflict, or uprising; to stir up trouble."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attract or court a romantic partner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attract",
          "attract"
        ],
        [
          "court",
          "court"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative, rare) To attract or court a romantic partner."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛˈræi̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛræi̯ən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɛriən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "werreyen"
}

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