wage
/weɪd͡ʒ/ verb C2- To conduct or carry out (a war or other contest).
- To adventure, or lay out, for hire or reward; to hire out.
He/she/it wages · Past waged · Past participle waged · -ing form waging
Verb forms
- Base form
- wage
- He/she/it
- wages
- Past
- waged
- Past participle
- waged
- -ing form
- waging
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THE DOLPHINS and Whales waged a fierce war with each other.
THE WEASELS and the Mice waged a perpetual war with each other, in which much blood was shed.
THE HARES waged war with the Eagles, and called upon the Foxes to help them.
THE BIRDS waged war with the Beasts, and each were by turns the conquerors.
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