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investures

investures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of investure.

Meaning of investure

Verb

investure (third-person singular simple present investures, present participle investuring, simple past and past participle investured)

  1. (obsolete) To clothe; to invest.
    • Monks […] investured in their copes.1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

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Questions about investures

What is investures the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Investures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of investure.

Words near investures in the dictionary

  1. investress
  2. investresses
  3. invests
  4. investure
  5. investured
  6. investures
  7. investuring
  8. invet'rate
  9. inveteracies
  10. inveteracy
  11. inveterate

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