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atrine

atrine verb: to touch.

Verb

atrine (third-person singular simple present atrines, present participle atrining, simple past atrined or atrone, past participle atrined or atrone or atrinnen)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To touch.
  2. (figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To touch; concern; befall.

Forms of atrine

third-person singular presentatrines
present participleatrining
pastatrined
pastatrone
past participleatrined
past participleatrone
past participleatrinnen

Origin of atrine

From Middle English atrinen, ætrinen, from Old English æthrīnan (“to touch, take, move”), equivalent to at- + rine. Compare arine.

Words that rhyme with atrine

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Questions about atrine

What does atrine mean?
Atrine means to touch.
What part of speech is atrine?
Atrine is a verb.
What is the past tense of atrine?
The past tense of atrine is atrined.

Words near atrine in the dictionary

  1. atrickle
  2. atride
  3. atrides
  4. atriding
  5. atrin
  6. atrine
  7. atrines
  8. atrining
  9. atrinning
  10. atrinositol
  11. atrins

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