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linquishes

linquishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of linquish.

Meaning of linquish

Verb

linquish (third-person singular simple present linquishes, present participle linquishing, simple past and past participle linquished)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To relinquish; to give up.
    • But now a while I linquiſh this conflict, / And paſſe beyond the ſeas without a backe[…]1591, Ludovico Ariosto, translated by Sir John Harington, Orlando Furioso, London: G. Miller, translation of original in Italian, published 1634, book XXXIX, stanza 18, page 326

Questions about linquishes

What is linquishes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Linquishes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of linquish.

Words near linquishes in the dictionary

  1. linoxyn
  2. linoxyns
  3. LINQ
  4. linquish
  5. linquished
  6. linquishes
  7. linquishing
  8. Linquist
  9. Linquists
  10. lins
  11. linsang

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