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dismails

dismails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dismail.

Meaning of dismail

Verb

dismail (third-person singular simple present dismails, present participle dismailing, simple past and past participle dismailed)

  1. (archaic) To remove the chainmail or armour from (someone).
    • Their mightie ſtrokes their haberieons diſmayld, / And naked made each others manly ſpalles; […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 30, page 265

Questions about dismails

What is dismails the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dismails is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dismail.

Words near dismails in the dictionary

  1. dislustres
  2. dislustring
  3. dismail
  4. dismailed
  5. dismailing
  6. dismails
  7. dismal
  8. dismal Dora
  9. dismal Doras
  10. dismal Jimmies
  11. dismal Jimmy

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