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exscribed

exscribed is the simple past and past participle of exscribe.

Meaning of exscribe

Verb

exscribe (third-person singular simple present exscribes, present participle exscribing, simple past and past participle exscribed)

  1. (obsolete) To copy down onto paper; to transcribe.
    • I that have been a lover, and could show it/ Though not in these, in rhymes not wholly dumb/ Since I exscribe your sonnets, am become/ A better lover, and much better poet.1640-41, Ben Jonson, A Sonnet, to the Noble Lady, the Lady Mary Wroth

Questions about exscribed

What is exscribed the simple past and past participle of?
Exscribed is the simple past and past participle of exscribe.

Words near exscribed in the dictionary

  1. exscind
  2. exscinded
  3. exscinding
  4. exscinds
  5. exscribe
  6. exscribed
  7. exscribing
  8. exscript
  9. exscriptible
  10. exscripts
  11. exscriptural

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