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Definition of Take up arms
1. Verb. Commence hostilities.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Up Arms
Literary usage of Take up arms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Law of Nations; Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel (1863)
"It is likewise acting contrary to the nature of all treaties of peace to take up
arms a second time for the same subject that had given rise to the war ..."
2. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel (1883)
"It is likewise acting contrary to the nature of all treaties of peace to take up
arms a second time for the same subject that ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the
Government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or ..."
4. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... whenever called upon by the voice of the Continental Congress, or by the
Legislature of this particular colony under their direction, take up arms, ..."
5. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... injurious treatment that may be offered to any one of our nation under your
government, by forcing them to take up arms against their lawful sovereign. ..."
6. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... whenever called npon by the voice of the Continental Congress, or by the
Legislature of this particular colony under their direction, take up arms, ..."
7. The Law of Nations; Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel (1863)
"It is likewise acting contrary to the nature of all treaties of peace to take up
arms a second time for the same subject that had given rise to the war ..."
8. The Law of Nations: Or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the by Emer de Vattel (1883)
"It is likewise acting contrary to the nature of all treaties of peace to take up
arms a second time for the same subject that ..."
9. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the
Government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or ..."
10. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... whenever called upon by the voice of the Continental Congress, or by the
Legislature of this particular colony under their direction, take up arms, ..."
11. Chronological History of the West Indies by Thomas Southey (1827)
"... injurious treatment that may be offered to any one of our nation under your
government, by forcing them to take up arms against their lawful sovereign. ..."
12. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"... whenever called npon by the voice of the Continental Congress, or by the
Legislature of this particular colony under their direction, take up arms, ..."
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