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debruise

debruise verb: to partially obscure one charge with another.

Verb

debruise (third-person singular simple present debruises, present participle debruising, simple past and past participle debruised)

  1. To partially obscure one charge with another.
    • STEPANOV -1- A : Per bend argent and gules, a lion rampant contourne proper; surtout on the sinister three costs azure the second and third debruising and clenched in the lion's forepaws. M: Gules lined argent.1992, Donald R. Mandich, Joseph Anthony Placek, Russian Heraldry and Nobility, Dramco

Forms of debruise

third-person singular presentdebruises
present participledebruising
past participledebruised
pastdebruised

Questions about debruise

What does debruise mean?
Debruise means to partially obscure one charge with another.
What part of speech is debruise?
Debruise is a verb.
What is the past tense of debruise?
The past tense of debruise is debruised.

Words near debruise in the dictionary

  1. debromomarinone
  2. Debrosse
  3. Debrosses
  4. Debruhl
  5. Debruhls
  6. debruise
  7. debruised
  8. debruises
  9. debruising
  10. DeBruler
  11. DeBrulers

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