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diswayed

/dɪˈsweɪd/

diswayed is the simple past and past participle of disway.

Meaning of disway

Verb

disway (third-person singular simple present disways, present participle diswaying, simple past and past participle diswayed)

  1. Synonym of dissuade.
    • On many occasions, such non-tribal men are seriously beaten by the tribals, both to disway the non-tribal males from pursuing the intimacy and also to prevent the recurrence of such occurrence in future.1970, Ram Naresh Trivedi, Report on a comparative study of the working of traditional and statutory panchayats in the tribal areas of Ranchi District, page 68
    Synonyms:
    dissuade

Words that rhyme with diswayed

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Questions about diswayed

What is diswayed the simple past and past participle of?
Diswayed is the simple past and past participle of disway.
How do you pronounce diswayed?
Diswayed is pronounced /dɪˈsweɪd/ (UK).

Words near diswayed in the dictionary

  1. diswarren
  2. diswarrened
  3. diswarrening
  4. diswarrens
  5. disway
  6. diswayed
  7. diswaying
  8. disways
  9. disweapon
  10. disweaponed
  11. disweaponing

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