Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic, dialectal)To curse; execrate; abuse; speak evil of.

Origin

From Middle English warrien, warien, waryen, werien, werȝen, from Old English wirġan, wirġ

From Middle English warrien, warien, waryen, werien, werȝen, from Old English wirġan, wirġean, weriġan, wirian (“to curse, revile”), from Proto-West Germanic *wargijan, from Proto-Germanic *wargijaną (“to curse”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”).

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Forms

warries, warrying, warried, warried
Base formwarry · to warry
3rd person singularwarries
Present participlewarrying
Past simplewarried
Past participlewarried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywarry
he, she, itwarries

Past simpleLesson

all personswarried

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave warried
he, she, ithas warried

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill warry

Word family

2 related words
RelatedworryA2wargus

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
warrantyB1warrenwarriorB1warshipB2wartwarthogwartimeB2
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