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lemes

lemes is the plural of leme.

lemes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of leme.

Meaning of leme

Noun

leme (plural lemes)

  1. (obsolete) A ray or glimmer of light; a gleam.
    • Thereby the incomprehensible majestie of God, as it were by a bright leme of a torch or candle, is declared to the blinde inhabitants of this world.1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC

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What is lemes the plural of?
Lemes is the plural of leme.

Words near lemes in the dictionary

  1. Lemer
  2. Lemere
  3. Lemeres
  4. Lemery
  5. Lemerys
  6. lemes
  7. Lemhi
  8. Lemhi County
  9. Lemi
  10. Lemierre's syndrome
  11. Lemieux

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