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encanker

encanker verb: to canker (corrode or corrupt).

Verb

encanker (third-person singular simple present encankers, present participle encankering, simple past and past participle encankered)

  1. (obsolete) To canker (corrode or corrupt).

Forms of encanker

third-person singular presentencankers
present participleencankering
past participleencankered
pastencankered

Origin of encanker

From en- + canker.

Questions about encanker

What does encanker mean?
Encanker means to canker (corrode or corrupt).
What part of speech is encanker?
Encanker is a verb.
What is the past tense of encanker?
The past tense of encanker is encankered.

Words near encanker in the dictionary

  1. encamped
  2. encamping
  3. encampment
  4. encampments
  5. encamps
  6. encanker
  7. encankered
  8. encankering
  9. encankers
  10. encantation
  11. encantations

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