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doled

doled is the simple past and past participle of dole.

Meaning of dole

Verb

dole (third-person singular simple present doles, present participle doling, simple past and past participle doled)

  1. (intransitive) To distribute alms, etc., in small amounts; to share out small portions of a meager resource.
  2. (transitive) To distribute (as, alms) in small amounts; to share out (small portions of a meager resource).

See all 14 meanings of dole

Phrases with doled

Questions about doled

What is doled the simple past and past participle of?
Doled is the simple past and past participle of dole.

Words near doled in the dictionary

  1. dole out
  2. dole queue
  3. dole queues
  4. dolebludger
  5. dolebludgers
  6. doled
  7. doled out
  8. doleful
  9. dolefuler
  10. dolefulest
  11. dolefull

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Adapted from Wiktionary: doled (page history and authors); dole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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