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manage arms

manage arms verb: to wage war.

Verb

manage arms (third-person singular simple present manages arms, present participle managing arms, simple past and past participle managed arms)

  1. (obsolete) To wage war.
    • The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne,
      That cauſd the eldeſt ſonne of heauenly Ops,
      To thruſt his doting father from his chaire,
      And place himſelfe in the Emperiall heauen,
      Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

Forms of manage arms

third-person singular presentmanages arms
present participlemanaging arms
past participlemanaged arms
pastmanaged arms

Questions about manage arms

What does manage arms mean?
Manage arms means to wage war.
What part of speech is manage arms?
Manage arms is a verb.
What is the past tense of manage arms?
The past tense of manage arms is managed arms.

Words near manage arms in the dictionary

  1. Manaforts
  2. managable
  3. managah
  4. Managalasi
  5. manage
  6. manage arms
  7. manage down
  8. manage out
  9. manage up
  10. manage with
  11. manageabilities

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