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displed

displed is the simple past and past participle of disple.

Meaning of disple

Verb

disple (third-person singular simple present disples, present participle displing, simple past and past participle displed)

  1. (obsolete) To discipline; to subject to discipline or punishment, especially for religious purposes.
    • And bitter Penance with an yron whip, / Was wont him once to disple euery day […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about displed

What is displed the simple past and past participle of?
Displed is the simple past and past participle of disple.

Words near displed in the dictionary

  1. displeasurably
  2. displeasure
  3. displeasured
  4. displeasures
  5. displeasuring
  6. displed
  7. displenish
  8. displenished
  9. displenishes
  10. displenishing
  11. displenishment

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