War"like` (?), a. 1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition.
Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men.
Shak.
2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.
The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased.
Milton.
Syn. -- Martial; hostile; soldierly. See Martial.
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