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gapes for

gapes for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gape for.

Meaning of gape for

Verb

gape for (third-person singular simple present gapes for, present participle gaping for, simple past and past participle gaped for)

  1. (archaic) To strongly desire, yearn for.
    • "When we have meat, and drink, and clothing, let us be content," let us not gape for riches; for I tell you it is a dangerous thing to have riches.1844 [1552], Hugh Latimer, “The Seventh Sermon upon the Lord's Prayer”, in Sermons, page 442

Questions about gapes for

What is gapes for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gapes for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of gape for.

Words near gapes for in the dictionary

  1. gapers
  2. gapers block
  3. gapers' block
  4. gapers' blocks
  5. gapes
  6. gapes for
  7. gapeseed
  8. gapeseeds
  9. gapesing
  10. gapest
  11. gapeth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gapes for (page history and authors); gape for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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