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boa'le

boa'le verb: to teach a moral.

Verb

boa'le (third-person singular simple present boa'les, present participle boa'ling, simple past and past participle boa'led)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) to teach a moral
    • Sae ah boa'le onto ye, tell nae a lie!1842, Sir Matthew Donaghy, The Mackay, page 52
    • Ah boa'le ye, th' best schemes gang aft agley.1820, Finlay Smith, Th' stoory o' maccaulay, page 92

Forms of boa'le

third-person singular presentboa'les
present participleboa'ling
past participleboa'led
pastboa'led

Questions about boa'le

What does boa'le mean?
Boa'le means to teach a moral.
What part of speech is boa'le?
Boa'le is a verb.
What is the past tense of boa'le?
The past tense of boa'le is boa'led.

Words near boa'le in the dictionary

  1. Boa Vista
  2. boa'd
  3. boa'ded
  4. boa'ding
  5. boa'ds
  6. boa'le
  7. boab
  8. boabab
  9. boababs
  10. boabies
  11. boabs

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