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inroaded

inroaded is the simple past and past participle of inroad.

Meaning of inroad

Verb

inroad (third-person singular simple present inroads, present participle inroading, simple past and past participle inroaded)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To make advances or incursions.
    • [Y]ou muſt not expect him to go with you, inroading or making incurſions into Georgia; for he is an Armenian, true to his faith; and not a Georgian, falſe and diſtruſtful!1792, Joseph Emin, The Life and Adventures of Joseph Émïn, an Armenian. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 358
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To make an inroad into (something).
    • [Y]ea, the Saracens had lately waſted Italy, conquered Spain, inroded Aquitain, and poſſeſſed ſome iſlands in the mid-land-ſea.1639, Thomas Fuller, “The Character of Peter the Hermite; His Soliciting the Holy Warre; the Councel at Clermont, and the Successe thereof”, in The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge...
    Synonyms:
    invade

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Questions about inroaded

What is inroaded the simple past and past participle of?
Inroaded is the simple past and past participle of inroad.

Words near inroaded in the dictionary

  1. inrichments
  2. inrigger
  3. inriggers
  4. inro
  5. inroad
  6. inroaded
  7. inroader
  8. inroaders
  9. inroading
  10. inroads
  11. inrode

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