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indelves

indelves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of indelve.

Meaning of indelve

Verb

indelve (third-person singular simple present indelves, present participle indelving, simple past indelved or (obsolete) indolve, past participle indelved or (obsolete) indolve or (obsolete) indolven)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To bury.
  2. To dig or delve into.
    • Although this port brings out that there are known cases where, on interline traffic, the delivering carrier had collected, but failed to remit to the consignor, it did indelve into the liability of the initial carrier to the consignor, […]1959, Traffic Service Corporation, Traffic world: Volume 103
  3. To engrave.
    • The Vision was in the form of a Book in heaven with small and minute in script and indelved upon Gold of the purest form.2006, Robert L. Vincent, Jr.; Consuelo M. Vincent, The Prophecy and Testament

Questions about indelves

What is indelves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Indelves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of indelve.

Words near indelves in the dictionary

  1. Indelicatos
  2. indeloxazine
  3. indels
  4. indelve
  5. indelved
  6. indelves
  7. indelving
  8. Indem.
  9. indemn
  10. indemnifiable
  11. indemnificate

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