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entames

entames is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 entames

What is entames the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Entames is the third-person singular simple present indicative of entame.

Words near entames in the dictionary

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

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