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entamed

entamed is the simple past and past participle of entame.

Meaning of entame

Verb

entame (third-person singular simple present entames, present participle entaming, simple past and past participle entamed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make tame.
    • 'Tis not your inkie browes, your blacke silke haire,
      Your bugle eye-balls, nor your cheeke of creame
      That can entame my spirits to your worship.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about entamed

What is entamed the simple past and past participle of?
Entamed is the simple past and past participle of entame.

Words near entamed in the dictionary

  1. entameba
  2. entamebae
  3. entamebas
  4. entamebiasis
  5. entamebic
  6. entamed
  7. entames
  8. entaming
  9. entamoeba
  10. entamoebae
  11. entamoebas

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