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honests

honests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of honest.

Meaning of honest

Verb

honest (third-person singular simple present honests, present participle honesting, simple past and past participle honested)

  1. (obsolete) To adorn or grace; to honour; to make becoming, appropriate, or honourable.
    • You have very much honested my lodging with your presence.1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...

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What is honests the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Honests is the third-person singular simple present indicative of honest.

Words near honests in the dictionary

  1. honestley
  2. honestly
  3. honestness
  4. honestone
  5. honestones
  6. honests
  7. honesty
  8. honesty bar
  9. honesty bars
  10. honesty box
  11. honesty boxes

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