Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for WAR'LIKE
WAR'LIKE, a. [war and like.]
- Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state. Old Siward with ten thousand warlike men. – Shak.
- Military; pertaining to war; as, warlike toil. – Milton.
- Having a martial appearance.
- Having the appearance of war.
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