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inknot

inknot verb: to fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together.

Verb

inknot (third-person singular simple present inknots, present participle inknotting, simple past and past participle inknotted)

  1. To fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together.
    • let him be inknotted with the band of excommunication1598, John Bishop, A Courteous Conference with the English Catholickes […]

Forms of inknot

third-person singular presentinknots
present participleinknotting
past participleinknotted
pastinknotted

Origin of inknot

From in- + knot.

Questions about inknot

What does inknot mean?
Inknot means to fasten or bind, as with a knot; to knot together.
What part of speech is inknot?
Inknot is a verb.
What is the past tense of inknot?
The past tense of inknot is inknotted.

Words near inknot in the dictionary

  1. inkmaking
  2. inkman
  3. inkmen
  4. inkneed
  5. inknit
  6. inknot
  7. inknots
  8. inknotted
  9. inknotting
  10. Inkom
  11. inkoosi

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