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infang

infang verb: to draw or take in; haul in. Also the alternative form of infangthief.

Verb

infang (third-person singular simple present infangs, present participle infanging, simple past and past participle infanged)

  1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive) To draw or take in; haul in.
  2. (Scotland, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To cheat; gull; take in.
  3. (Scotland, dialectal, obsolete, transitive) To seize; get into one's clutches.

Also used as

infang is also the alternative form of infangthief.

Forms of infang

Verb
third-person singular presentinfangs
present participleinfanging
past participleinfanged
pastinfanged
Noun
pluralinfangs

Origin of infang

From in- + fang (“to catch, take, receive”). Compare Middle English onfōn (past participle onfangen; "to receive, accept, welcome").

Shortened from infangthief.

Words formed from infang

Questions about infang

What does infang mean?
Infang means to draw or take in; haul in.
What part of speech is infang?
Infang is a verb.
What is the past tense of infang?
The past tense of infang is infanged.

Words near infang in the dictionary

  1. infancies
  2. infancy
  3. infancy gospel
  4. infancy gospels
  5. infandous
  6. infang
  7. infangenthef
  8. infangs
  9. infangthef
  10. infangthief
  11. infant

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