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brunted

brunted is the simple past and past participle of brunt.

Meaning of brunt

Verb

brunt (third-person singular simple present brunts, present participle brunting, simple past and past participle brunted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To bear the brunt of; to weather or withstand.
    • "… I say." Ripton resumed the serious intonation, "do you think they'll ever suspect us?"
      "What if they do? We must brunt it."
      We brunted the storm.1859, George Meredith, chapter 7, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To make a violent attack or charge.

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Questions about brunted

What is brunted the simple past and past participle of?
Brunted is the simple past and past participle of brunt.

Words near brunted in the dictionary

  1. Brunswicker
  2. Brunswickers
  3. Brunswicks
  4. Brunswikian
  5. brunt
  6. brunted
  7. brunting
  8. Bruntlett
  9. Brunton
  10. Brunton compass
  11. Brunton compasses

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