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dictionaried

dictionaried is the simple past and past participle of dictionary.

Meaning of dictionary

Verb

dictionary (third-person singular simple present dictionaries, present participle dictionarying, simple past and past participle dictionaried)

  1. (transitive) To look up in a dictionary.
  2. (transitive) To add to a dictionary.
    • By a reference to the following dictionaried abbreviations, the simplicity and harmony of each sentence will be manifestly apparent; although it does not embrace everything, and could not, as it would be far too voluminous for general use.1866, William Henry Ward, The international day, night, and fog signal telegraph, page 12
  3. (intransitive, rare) To compile a dictionary.
    • They [dictionary-makers] may have had their romance at home—may have been crossed in love, and thence driven to dictionarying; may have been involved in domestic tragedies—who can say?1864 September, “The Alphabeticals”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 96, number 587, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, page 334, column 2

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Words formed from dictionaried

Questions about dictionaried

What is dictionaried the simple past and past participle of?
Dictionaried is the simple past and past participle of dictionary.

Words near dictionaried in the dictionary

  1. dictionarese
  2. dictionarial
  3. dictionarian
  4. dictionarians
  5. dictionaric
  6. dictionaried
  7. dictionaries
  8. dictionaries on historical principles
  9. dictionariese
  10. dictionarily
  11. dictionarise

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