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descrives

descrives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of descrive.

Meaning of descrive

Verb

descrive (third-person singular simple present descrives, present participle descriving, simple past and past participle descrived)

  1. (obsolete) To describe.
    • Let her by proofe of that which she hath fylde
      In her owne breast, this Mothers ioy descrive1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about descrives

What is descrives the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Descrives is the third-person singular simple present indicative of descrive.

Words near descrives in the dictionary

  1. descriptors
  2. descriptory
  3. descriptum
  4. descrive
  5. descrived
  6. descrives
  7. descriving
  8. descry
  9. descrying
  10. descs.
  11. descum

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