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glimmed

glimmed is the simple past and past participle of glim.

Meaning of glim

Verb

glim (third-person singular simple present glims, present participle glimming, simple past and past participle glimmed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To brand on the hand.
    • Profligate women were glimm'd for that villany.1714, Memoirs of the Right Villainous John Hall
  2. (dated, slang) To illuminate.
  3. (dated, slang) To see; to observe.
    • About 9 o'clock he showed up and he knew me the moment he glimmed me.1918, Tommy West, The Long, Long Trail in the World of Sport

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Questions about glimmed

What is glimmed the simple past and past participle of?
Glimmed is the simple past and past participle of glim.

Words near glimmed in the dictionary

  1. glimed
  2. glimepiride
  3. glimes
  4. glimflashy
  5. gliming
  6. glimmed
  7. glimmer
  8. glimmer of hope
  9. glimmer-gowk
  10. glimmer-gowks
  11. glimmered

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