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emparish

emparish verb: to create a parish for an area, in particular a civil parish.

Verb

emparish (third-person singular simple present emparishes, present participle emparishing, simple past and past participle emparished)

  1. (UK, uncommon) To create a parish for an area, in particular a civil parish.
    • Sufficient petition signatures to emparish the entire area was acquired from residents by August 2006, which the Isle of Wight Council then submitted to Government with their support.

Forms of emparish

third-person singular presentemparishes
present participleemparishing
past participleemparished
pastemparished

Origin of emparish

From em- + parish.

Words formed from emparish

  • emparishment

Questions about emparish

What does emparish mean?
Emparish means to create a parish for an area, in particular a civil parish.
What part of speech is emparish?
Emparish is a verb.
What is the past tense of emparish?
The past tense of emparish is emparished.

Words near emparish in the dictionary

  1. empanoplying
  2. emparadise
  3. emparadised
  4. emparadises
  5. emparadising
  6. emparish
  7. empark
  8. emparked
  9. emparking
  10. emparkment
  11. emparks

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