Obs. [f. prec. sb.] intr. To wage war; to take part in war; to serve in the field. Also fig.
1565. Stapleton, trans. Bede’s Hist., III. xviii. 94. Wherein having, with much devotion, warfared a longe time to God.
1567. Painter, Pal. Pleas., Concl. Euery sort and sexe that warfare in the fielde of humaine life.
1569. J. Sanford, trans. Agrippa’s Van. Artes, xxiii. 40. Yet with these shippes we make them muche more daungerous, robbing and warrefairinge in them, no otherwise then we do in the maine lande.
1598. Florio, Militare, to warrefarre, to follow the warres.
1652. Gaule, Magastrom., 369. A certaine Germane warfaring in Italy.
Hence † Warfarer, a warrior. Warfaring vbl. sb.
1591. J. Eliot, trans. B. de Loque’s Disc. Warre, 31. Thus much for the rules of warfarers.
1598. R. Bernard, trans. Terence, Heaut., Argt. Menedemus … forced his sonne Clinia … to goe a warrefaring.
1656. Earl Monm., trans. Boccalini’s Advts. fr. Parnass., I. xxxv. (1674), 44. His indiscreet way of warfaring in Asia.
1849. Carlyle, Heroes, ii. (1858), 232. During these wild warfarings and strugglings.
1876. Morris, Sigurd, III. (1877), 195. The Burg of the Niblung people and the heart of their warfaring.
