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laited

laited is the simple past and past participle of lait.

Meaning of lait

Verb

lait (third-person singular simple present laits, present participle laiting, simple past and past participle laited)

  1. (UK, ambitransitive, dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire.
    • By neeght, o' my bed, I laited him, at my sowl luvs : I laited him, but I dudn't find um.1862, Song of Solomon, in Twenty-four English Dialects, page 282 (Westmorland dialect)

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Questions about laited

What is laited the simple past and past participle of?
Laited is the simple past and past participle of lait.

Words near laited in the dictionary

  1. lait
  2. laitakarite
  3. laitance
  4. laitances
  5. laitand
  6. laited
  7. laith
  8. Laithangbam
  9. laithe
  10. laithe house
  11. laithe houses

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