hode
/həʊd/US/hoʊd/
hode verb: to ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
Verb
hode (third-person singular simple present hodes, present participle hoding, simple past and past participle hoded)
- To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
Forms of hode
| third-person singular present | hodes |
|---|---|
| present participle | hoding |
| past participle | hoded |
| past | hoded |
| alternative form | had |
| alternative form | hade |
| alternative form | haid |
Origin of hode
From Middle English hoden, hodien, from Old English hādian (“to ordain, consecrate”), from Old English hād (“rank, order, office, holy office”). More at hade (“state, order, rank”).
Words that rhyme with hode
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- abode
- bode
- choad
- corrode
- encode
- goad
- toad
- antipode
- decode
- episode
- erode
- forebode
- hoed
- incommode
- overrode
- recode
- rode
- strode
- throwed
- unicode
- woad
- 'splode
- bestowed
- cestode
- chode
- crowed
- discommode
- glode
- Gold Code
- grode
- growed
- I'll be blowed
- lowed
- mowed
- nuclear code
- ode
- owed
- shode
- side road
- Spanish Road
- stroad
- subnode
- tode
- toed
- towed
- Union Road
- uudecode
- uuencode
Questions about hode
- What does hode mean?
- Hode means to ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
- What part of speech is hode?
- Hode is a verb.
- How do you pronounce hode?
- Hode is pronounced /həʊd/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of hode?
- The past tense of hode is hoded.
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