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esprise

esprise verb: to inflame with passion or romantic love.

Verb

esprise (third-person singular simple present esprises, present participle esprising, simple past and past participle esprised)

  1. (obsolete) to inflame with passion or romantic love.

Forms of esprise

third-person singular presentesprises
present participleesprising
past participleesprised
pastesprised

Origin of esprise

From Old French espris, past participle of esprendre.

Questions about esprise

What does esprise mean?
Esprise means to inflame with passion or romantic love.
What part of speech is esprise?
Esprise is a verb.
What is the past tense of esprise?
The past tense of esprise is esprised.

Words near esprise in the dictionary

  1. espressospeak
  2. espressotini
  3. espressotinis
  4. espringal
  5. espringals
  6. esprise
  7. esprit
  8. esprit d'escalier
  9. esprit de corps
  10. esprit de l'escalier
  11. esprit fort

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