warish
verb/ˈwɒɹɪʃ/
Etymology From Middle English warysshen, from Anglo-Norman waris-, the present participle stem of warir, from Old French guarir (modern guérir), from Frankish *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną. Compare guarish.
1
Obsolete To cure or heal (an illness or a person).
- Varro testifieth, that even at this day there be some there who warish and cure the stinging of serpents with their spittle.1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
2
Obsolete To get better; to recover from an illness.