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'fess

'fess is the alternative form of fess.

Meaning of fess

Verb

fess (third-person singular simple present fesses, present participle fessing, simple past and past participle fessed)

  1. To confess; to admit.

See all 6 meanings of fess

Forms of 'fess

third-person singular present'fesses
present participle'fessing
past participle'fessed
past'fessed

Words formed from 'fess

Questions about 'fess

What is 'fess the alternative form of?
'fess is the alternative form of fess.

Words near 'fess in the dictionary

  1. 'er indoors
  2. 'erb
  3. 'erbs
  4. 'ere
  5. 'ey up
  6. 'fess
  7. 'fess up
  8. 'fessed
  9. 'fessed up
  10. 'fesses
  11. 'fesses up

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 'fess (page history and authors); fess (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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