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emvowels

emvowels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of emvowel.

Meaning of emvowel

Verb

emvowel (third-person singular simple present emvowels, present participle (US) emvoweling or (UK) emvowelling, simple past and past participle (US) emvoweled or (UK) emvowelled)

  1. (dated, humorous) To replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.
    • And as for all the words I embowel, or rather emvowel, I will never ſo mangle them, but they ſhall be all as well known as if they retained every vowel in them.1747 December, Henry Fielding, The Gentleman's Magazine, London, page 579, column 2

Questions about emvowels

What is emvowels the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Emvowels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of emvowel.

Words near emvowels in the dictionary

  1. emuwrens
  2. EMV
  3. emvowel
  4. emvowelled
  5. emvowelling
  6. emvowels
  7. emyd
  8. emyde
  9. emydes
  10. emydian
  11. emydians

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