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decrieth

decrieth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decry.

Meaning of decry

Verb

decry (third-person singular simple present decries, present participle decrying, simple past and past participle decried)

  1. (transitive) To denounce as harmful.
    • Nothing is more uſual and more natural for thoſe, vvho pretend to diſcover any thing nevv to the vvorld in philoſophy and the ſciences, than to inſinuate the praiſes of their ovvn ſystems, by decrying all thoſe, vvhich have been advanced before them.1739, [David Hume], “Introduction”, in A Treatise of Human Nature: […], book I (Of the Understanding), London: […] John Noon, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To blame for ills.

Origin of decrieth

decry + -eth

Questions about decrieth

What is decrieth the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Decrieth is the third-person singular simple present indicative of decry.

Words near decrieth in the dictionary

  1. decrials
  2. decried
  3. decrier
  4. decriers
  5. decries
  6. decrieth
  7. decrim
  8. decrime
  9. decriminalisation
  10. decriminalise
  11. decriminalised

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