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dartles

dartles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dartle.

Meaning of dartle

Verb

dartle (third-person singular simple present dartles, present participle dartling, simple past and past participle dartled)

  1. To pierce, shoot, or shine through
    • my star that dartles the red and the blue1855, Robert Browning, My Star
  2. to dart about.
    • The brooks that sometimes run dry, or hide under the smooth stones;
      In the time of fullness leaping from ledge to ledge down to the big brook that never dries;
      Where the trout dartle and the pools are shadowy and cool[…]1908, Richard Watson Gilder, The Fire Divine

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Questions about dartles

What is dartles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dartles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dartle.

Words near dartles in the dictionary

  1. dartist
  2. dartists
  3. dartitis
  4. dartle
  5. dartled
  6. dartles
  7. dartlike
  8. dartling
  9. Dartmoor
  10. Dartmoor Forest
  11. Dartmoors

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