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dangles after

dangles after is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dangle after.

Meaning of dangle after

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

Questions about dangles after

What is dangles after the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dangles after is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dangle after.

Words near dangles after in the dictionary

  1. dangled the Dunlops
  2. danglement
  3. dangler
  4. danglers
  5. dangles
  6. dangles after
  7. dangles the Dunlops
  8. dangleway
  9. dangleways
  10. danglier
  11. danglies

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