warred
USWORD/wɔɹd/UKWAWD/wɔːd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of war.
The neighboring states warred intermittently throughout the century.
Rival clans had warred over the fertile valley long before any records began.
Note
One spelling does double duty. It is the simple past (the states warred) and, after have or had, the past participle (had warred for generations). The final r doubles before -ed. The verb is usually intransitive: with or against names the foe, and over names the prize. A rarer transitive use means "waged," and there the conflict itself is the object.
warred is a form of war
war, verb: To fight a war or carry on a long conflict, often followed by with or against. Full entry
- Spelling
- war → warred: double the r, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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