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interpointed

interpointed is the simple past and past participle of interpoint.

Meaning of interpoint

Verb

interpoint (third-person singular simple present interpoints, present participle interpointing, simple past and past participle interpointed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
    • Her heart commands, her words should pass out first, / And then her sighs should interpoint her words; / The whiles her eyes out into tears should burst.1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson...

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Questions about interpointed

What is interpointed the simple past and past participle of?
Interpointed is the simple past and past participle of interpoint.

Words near interpointed in the dictionary

  1. interploidy
  2. interplume
  3. interpluvial
  4. interpluvials
  5. interpoint
  6. interpointed
  7. interpointing
  8. interpoints
  9. Interpol
  10. interpolability
  11. interpolable

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