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balmed

balmed is the simple past and past participle of balm.

Meaning of balm

Verb

balm (third-person singular simple present balms, present participle balming, simple past and past participle balmed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To anoint with balm, or with anything medicinal.
    • Shrouded in cloth of state, balmed and entreasured / With full bags of spices!c. 1607–1608, William Shakespeare, George] [Wilkins, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, act 3, scene 2, lines 63–64
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To soothe; to mitigate.
    • This rest might yet have balmed thy broken sinewsc. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 3, scene 6, line 96

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Questions about balmed

What is balmed the simple past and past participle of?
Balmed is the simple past and past participle of balm.

Words near balmed in the dictionary

  1. Balmain East
  2. Balmains
  3. Balmaseda
  4. Balmattum
  5. balme
  6. balmed
  7. Balmedie
  8. Balmer
  9. Balmer formula
  10. Balmer line
  11. Balmer lines

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