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To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal.

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  1. v. t. To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal.
  2. v. i. To be cured; to recover.
  3. To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal. [Obs.] My brother shall be warished hastily. Chaucer. Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. Holland. To be cured; to recover. [Obs.] Your daughter . . . shall warish and escape. Chaucer.
  4. To protect from the effects of; hence, to cure; to heal. [Obs.]My brother shall be warished hastily. Chaucer.Varro testifies that even at this day there be some who warish andcure the stinging of serpents with their spittle. Holland.