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envowels

envowels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of envowel.

Meaning of envowel

Verb

envowel (third-person singular simple present envowels, present participle (US) envoweling or (UK) envowelling, simple past and past participle (US) envoweled or (UK) envowelled)

  1. (dated, humorous, rare, transitive) to replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.
    • In this dress I intend to abuse the *** and the ***; I intend to lash not only the m―stry, but every man who hath any p―ce or p―ns―n from the g―vernm―t, or who is entrusted with any degree of power or trust under it, let his r―nk be ever so high, his f―rt―ne never so great, or his ch―r―cter never...1747-1748, Henry Fielding, the Jacobite's Journal

Questions about envowels

What is envowels the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Envowels is the third-person singular simple present indicative of envowel.

Words near envowels in the dictionary

  1. envolvement
  2. envolves
  3. envolving
  4. envoplakin
  5. envowel
  6. envowels
  7. envoy
  8. envoys
  9. envoyship
  10. envoyships
  11. Envtl.

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