A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties, A concerted effort or campaign to combat or put an end to something considered injurious, A state of active opposition, hostility, or contest_ as, to be at war (that is, engaged in active hostilities), adjective_ obsolete Ware; aware, intransitive verb_ To wage or carry on warfare, To be in a state of hostility or rivalry; contend, To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence, transitive verb_ rare To make war upon; to fight, rare To carry on, as a contest; to wage