crase
crase verb: early Modern spelling of craze (“break into pieces, crack”).
Verb
crase (third-person singular simple present crases, present participle crasing, simple past and past participle crased)
- Early Modern spelling of craze (“break into pieces, crack”).
- […] verily it behoueth them ouer whome wee haue rule, not to runne about, neither by their craftie & deceitful rashnes to crase the concord of Byshops agreeing togither […]1580, Cyprian, translated by William Fulke, “[Epistle]”, in William Fulke, A Retentive to Stay Good Christians, in True Faith and Religion […], page 269
- Imprimis, The Imperiall Crowne of this Realme of Goulde, the Border garnished with seaven Ballaces, eight Saphiers, five pointed Diamonds, twenty Rubies two of them being crased, nineteen Pearls […]1606, James VI and I, “Scedula Jocalium, Coronæ Angliæ annexatorum”, in Robert Sanderson, editor, Foedera, Conventiones, Literæ, Et Cujuscunque Generis Acta Publica, Inter Reges Angliæ […], volume 16...
Proper noun capitalized: Crase
Crase (plural Crases)
- A surname.
Forms of crase
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | crases |
| present participle | crasing |
| past participle | crased |
| past | crased |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Crases |
Questions about crase
- What does crase mean?
- Crase means early Modern spelling of craze (“break into pieces, crack”).
- What part of speech is crase?
- Crase can be a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the past tense of crase?
- The past tense of crase is crased.
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