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efforted

efforted is the simple past and past participle of effort.

Meaning of effort

Verb

effort (third-person singular simple present efforts, present participle efforting, simple past and past participle efforted)

  1. (intransitive, uncommon) To make an effort.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To strengthen, fortify or stimulate
    • When old, he lived in London where, being High-minded and Poor, he was exposed to the contempt of disingenuous persons. Yet he efforted his Spirits with a Commemoration of the Days of Old.1684, Thomas Fuller, G. S., Anglorum Speculum: Or The Worthies of England, in Church and State

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Questions about efforted

What is efforted the simple past and past participle of?
Efforted is the simple past and past participle of effort.

Words near efforted in the dictionary

  1. effort
  2. effort distance
  3. effort distances
  4. effort post
  5. effort posts
  6. efforted
  7. effortful
  8. effortfully
  9. effortfulness
  10. efforting
  11. effortless

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