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conscribed

conscribed is the simple past and past participle of conscribe.

Meaning of conscribe

Verb

conscribe (third-person singular simple present conscribes, present participle conscribing, simple past and past participle conscribed)

  1. (obsolete) To enroll; to enlist.
    • this armie[…]was conscribed and come together to Harflete.a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi...

Questions about conscribed

What is conscribed the simple past and past participle of?
Conscribed is the simple past and past participle of conscribe.

Words near conscribed in the dictionary

  1. consciousness-raisings
  2. consciousnesses
  3. consciousnessless
  4. consciousnesslessness
  5. conscribe
  6. conscribed
  7. conscribes
  8. conscribing
  9. conscript
  10. conscript father
  11. conscript fathers

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