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gainbite

gainbite is the alternative spelling of agenbite.

Meaning of agenbite

Noun

agenbite (uncountable)

  1. (often purposely archaic) Remorse, ayenbite.
    • Speaking to me. They wash and tub and scrub. Agenbite of inwit. Conscience.1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Questions about gainbite

What is gainbite the alternative spelling of?
Gainbite is the alternative spelling of agenbite.

Words near gainbite in the dictionary

  1. gainable
  2. gainage
  3. gainand
  4. gainaxing
  5. gainbirth
  6. gainbite
  7. gaincoming
  8. gaincope
  9. gaincoped
  10. gaincopes
  11. gaincoping

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