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affreight

affreight verb: to hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.

Verb

affreight (third-person singular simple present affreights, present participle affreighting, simple past and past participle affreighted)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.

Forms of affreight

third-person singular presentaffreights
present participleaffreighting
past participleaffreighted
pastaffreighted

Words formed from affreight

Questions about affreight

What does affreight mean?
Affreight means to hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
What part of speech is affreight?
Affreight is a verb.
What is the past tense of affreight?
The past tense of affreight is affreighted.

Words near affreight in the dictionary

  1. affrayed
  2. affrayer
  3. affrayers
  4. affraying
  5. affrays
  6. affreight
  7. affreighted
  8. affreighter
  9. affreighters
  10. affreighting
  11. affreightment

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