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earnested

earnested is the simple past and past participle of earnest.

Meaning of earnest

Verb

earnest (third-person singular simple present earnests, present participle earnesting, simple past and past participle earnested)

  1. (transitive) To be serious with; use in earnest.
    • Let's prove among ourselves our armes in jest, That when we come to earnest them with men, We may them better use.1602, Pastor Fido, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

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Questions about earnested

What is earnested the simple past and past participle of?
Earnested is the simple past and past participle of earnest.

Words near earnested in the dictionary

  1. earnest
  2. earnest money
  3. earnest moneys
  4. earnest-money
  5. earnest-moneys
  6. earnested
  7. earnester
  8. earnestest
  9. earnestful
  10. earnesting
  11. earnestlier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earnested (page history and authors); earnest (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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