disedge
disedge verb: to deprive (something) of an edge; to render blunt; to blunt or dull.
Verb
disedge (third-person singular simple present disedges, present participle disedging, simple past and past participle disedged)
- To deprive (something) of an edge; to render blunt; to blunt or dull.
- [T]he pain she had / To keep them in the wild ways of the wood, / Two sets of three laden with jingling arms, / Together, served a little to disedge / The sharpness of that pain about her heart: […]1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Enid”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 55–56
- To take the edge off (someone's) hunger; to satiate.
- I grieve myself / To think, when thou shalt be disedged by her / That now thou tirest on, how thy memory / Will then be pang'd by me.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
Forms of disedge
| third-person singular present | disedges |
|---|---|
| present participle | disedging |
| past participle | disedged |
| past | disedged |
Origin of disedge
From dis- + edge.
Questions about disedge
- What does disedge mean?
- Disedge means to deprive (something) of an edge; to render blunt; to blunt or dull.
- What part of speech is disedge?
- Disedge is a verb.
- What is the past tense of disedge?
- The past tense of disedge is disedged.
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