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emunged

emunged is the simple past and past participle of emunge.

Meaning of emunge

Verb

emunge (third-person singular simple present emunges, present participle emunging, simple past and past participle emunged)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To wipe or cleanse, especially one's nose.
    • The moment of inspiration commences — the speaker emunges his nose with all his might - a doleful voice, scarcely audible, something like the melancholy moan of the midnight breeze, which so few have heard, informs you might have supposed destitute of the organs of speech, possesses in some respect...1949, J. D. H. Widdess, An Account of the Schools of Surgery

Questions about emunged

What is emunged the simple past and past participle of?
Emunged is the simple past and past participle of emunge.

Words near emunged in the dictionary

  1. emunctions
  2. emunctories
  3. emunctory
  4. emundation
  5. emunge
  6. emunged
  7. emunges
  8. emunging
  9. emus
  10. emuscene
  11. emuscenes

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