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amolish

amolish verb: to remove forcibly.

Verb

amolish (third-person singular simple present amolishes, present participle amolishing, simple past and past participle amolished)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To remove forcibly.
    • […] becauſe Purgatory receiueth men after Iudgement particular, and is vtterly amoliſhed before the generall,Iudgement finiſhed.1624, Richard Montagu, “That there is no Purgatorie fire, or other priſon wherein ſinnes may bee ſatisfied for after this life” (chapter XLII), in A Gagg for the New Gospell? No. A New Gagg for an...

Forms of amolish

third-person singular presentamolishes
present participleamolishing
past participleamolished
pastamolished

Origin of amolish

Attested since the 16th century; from Middle French amolir (via the stem amoliss--), from Latin āmōlīrī (“to remove from”).

Questions about amolish

What does amolish mean?
Amolish means to remove forcibly.
What part of speech is amolish?
Amolish is a verb.
What is the past tense of amolish?
The past tense of amolish is amolished.

Words near amolish in the dictionary

  1. amolders
  2. amole
  3. AMOLED
  4. amoles
  5. amolilla
  6. amolish
  7. amolished
  8. amolishes
  9. amolishing
  10. amolition
  11. amollishment

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