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ired

ired is the simple past and past participle of ire.

Meaning of ire

Verb

ire (third-person singular simple present ires, present participle iring, simple past and past participle ired)

  1. (rare, transitive) To anger, to irritate.
    • It doesn't tire a man to put down a carpet so much as it ires him.1880, Gleason's Monthly Companion, page 287

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Questions about ired

What is ired the simple past and past participle of?
Ired is the simple past and past participle of ire.

Words near ired in the dictionary

  1. Irdinmanhan
  2. ire
  3. IRE unit
  4. IRE units
  5. Ire.
  6. ired
  7. Iredell
  8. Iredell County
  9. ireful
  10. irefully
  11. irefulness

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