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atroke

atroke verb: to fail; give out; become faint.

Verb

atroke (third-person singular simple present atrokes, present participle atroking, simple past and past participle atroked)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail; give out; become faint.

Forms of atroke

third-person singular presentatrokes
present participleatroking
past participleatroked
pastatroked
alternative formattroke

Origin of atroke

From Middle English atrokien, atrukien (“to fail”), equivalent to a- + troke or a- + truck.

Questions about atroke

What does atroke mean?
Atroke means to fail; give out; become faint.
What part of speech is atroke?
Atroke is a verb.
What is the past tense of atroke?
The past tense of atroke is atroked.

Words near atroke in the dictionary

  1. atrogene
  2. atrogenes
  3. atrogenic
  4. atrogin
  5. atrogins
  6. atroke
  7. atroked
  8. atrokes
  9. atroking
  10. atromentin
  11. atrop-

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