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ires

ires is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 ires

What is ires the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ires is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ire.

Words near ires in the dictionary

  1. irenid
  2. irenids
  3. irenology
  4. Irenwa
  5. Irenæus
  6. ires
  7. iresine
  8. iresines
  9. Ireson
  10. irestone
  11. irestones

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