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amand

amand verb: to send away; dismiss.

Verb

amand (third-person singular simple present amands, present participle amanding, simple past and past participle amanded)

  1. (obsolete) To send away; dismiss.
    • Thou hellish Dog, Depart, or I will amand, ablegate, and send thee to some vast and horrid Desert.c. 1660, R. Carpenter, Pragmatical Jesuit 64

Noun

amand (plural amands)

  1. (Scots law) A fine or penalty.

Forms of amand

Verb
third-person singular presentamands
present participleamanding
past participleamanded
pastamanded
Noun
pluralamands

Origin of amand

Borrowed from Latin amando, from ab (“from, away from”) + mando (“to order”).

Alteration of amende.

Questions about amand

What does amand mean?
Amand means to send away; dismiss.
What part of speech is amand?
Amand can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of amand?
The past tense of amand is amanded.

Words near amand in the dictionary

  1. Amanars
  2. amanat
  3. amanats
  4. amanaty
  5. Amanayé
  6. amand
  7. Amanda
  8. Amandah
  9. Amandas
  10. amandation
  11. amandations

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