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inspans

inspans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inspan.

Meaning of inspan

Verb

inspan (third-person singular simple present inspans, present participle inspanning, simple past and past participle inspanned)

  1. (transitive) To yoke (oxen).
    • There was no time to inspan the oxen[…]1917, H. Rider Haggard, Finished, Kessinger, published 2004, →ISBN, page 39
  2. To bring or force into service.

Questions about inspans

What is inspans the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Inspans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of inspan.

Words near inspans in the dictionary

  1. insp.
  2. inspake
  3. inspan
  4. inspanned
  5. inspanning
  6. inspans
  7. inspeak
  8. inspeaking
  9. inspeaks
  10. inspecific
  11. inspect

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inspans (page history and authors); inspan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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