Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for BEL-LIG'ER-ENT
BEL-LIG'ER-ENT, a. [L. belliger, warlike; belligero, to wage war; from bellum, war, and gero, to wage; part. gerens, gerentis, waging. Gr. πολεμος, war; W. bel, war, tumult; bela, to war, to wrangle.]
Waging war; carrying on war; as, a belligerent nation.
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