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ahemmed

ahemmed is the simple past and past participle of ahem.

Meaning of ahem

Verb

ahem (third-person singular simple present ahems, present participle ahemming, simple past and past participle ahemmed)

  1. To cough or clear one's throat so as to draw attention.
    • He wouldn't have been suspected of crying for the world, but he coughed and ahemmed, and finally turned away without speaking.1856, Louise Chandler Moulton, Juno Clifford, page 108

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Questions about ahemmed

What is ahemmed the simple past and past participle of?
Ahemmed is the simple past and past participle of ahem.

Words near ahemmed in the dictionary

  1. aheight
  2. ahem
  3. ahemeral
  4. ahemeral day
  5. ahemeral days
  6. ahemmed
  7. ahemming
  8. ahems
  9. AHEPA
  10. ahermatypic
  11. Ahern

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