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after-eyed

after-eyed is the simple past and past participle of after-eye.

Meaning of after-eye

Verb

after-eye (third-person singular simple present after-eyes, present participle after-eyeing or (rare) after-eying, simple past and past participle after-eyed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To keep in view or sight.
    • Thou shouldst have made him
      As little as a crow, or less, ere left
      To after-eye him.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Questions about after-eyed

What is after-eyed the simple past and past participle of?
After-eyed is the simple past and past participle of after-eye.

Words near after-eyed in the dictionary

  1. after-effect
  2. after-effects
  3. after-event
  4. after-events
  5. after-eye
  6. after-eyed
  7. after-eyeing
  8. after-eyes
  9. after-eying
  10. after-five
  11. after-game

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