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dishelm

dishelm verb: to deprive of a helmet.

Verb

dishelm (third-person singular simple present dishelms, present participle dishelming, simple past and past participle dishelmed)

  1. (ambitransitive, poetic) To deprive of a helmet.
    • Lying stark, dishelmed and mute, and motionlessly pale.1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC

Forms of dishelm

third-person singular presentdishelms
present participledishelming
past participledishelmed
pastdishelmed

Origin of dishelm

From dis- + helm.

Words that rhyme with dishelm

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about dishelm

What does dishelm mean?
Dishelm means to deprive of a helmet.
What part of speech is dishelm?
Dishelm is a verb.
What is the past tense of dishelm?
The past tense of dishelm is dishelmed.

Words near dishelm in the dictionary

  1. disheir
  2. disheired
  3. disheiring
  4. disheirs
  5. Dishel
  6. dishelm
  7. dishelmed
  8. dishelming
  9. dishelms
  10. Dishels
  11. disher

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