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dangle after

dangle after verb: to hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset.

Verb

dangle after (third-person singular simple present dangles after, present participle dangling after, simple past and past participle dangled after)

  1. (dated) To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset.
    • the presbyterians, and their clans of other fanaticks, or freethinkers and atheists that dangle after them, are as well inclined to pull down the present establishment of monarchy and religion1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction

Forms of dangle after

third-person singular presentdangles after
present participledangling after
past participledangled after
pastdangled after

Questions about dangle after

What does dangle after mean?
Dangle after means to hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset.
What part of speech is dangle after?
Dangle after is a verb.
What is the past tense of dangle after?
The past tense of dangle after is dangled after.

Words near dangle after in the dictionary

  1. dangit
  2. Dangjin
  3. danglable
  4. Danglas
  5. dangle
  6. dangle after
  7. dangle the Dunlops
  8. dangleable
  9. danglebahn
  10. dangleberries
  11. dangleberry

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