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loadens

loadens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of loaden.

Meaning of loaden

Verb

loaden (third-person singular simple present loadens, present participle loadening, simple past and past participle loadened)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To charge or burden with a load; to burden or freight
    • […] so, this Distemper of theirs was a Provocation to the Lord to vomit them up: as a man that hath taken something, that loadens his stomach, is sick, until he vomit; […]1678, John Ryther, The best friend standing at the door
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To load a gun or pistol
    • The drover dodged hastily, seeking the protection of the big egg-stove. "Hold on there!" he shouted. "Meb-be it's loadened."1903, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Scribner's Magazine, volume 33, page 65

Questions about loadens

What is loadens the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Loadens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of loaden.

Words near loadens in the dictionary

  1. loaded words
  2. loadedness
  3. loaden
  4. loadened
  5. loadening
  6. loadens
  7. loader
  8. loaders
  9. loadest
  10. loadeth
  11. Loadholt

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