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manœuvred

manœuvred is the simple past and past participle of manœuvre.

Meaning of manœuvre

Verb

manœuvre (third-person singular simple present manœuvres, present participle manœuvring, simple past and past participle manœuvred)

  1. Dated spelling of manoeuvre.
    • We can ask how long it was before the team scored its first goal; or how long the centre-forward spent in manœuvring the ball towards the goal; and even how long the ball was in flight between his kicking it and its going between the goal-posts. But we cannot ask how many seconds were occupied in...1954, Gilbert Ryle, “dilemma vii: Perception”, in Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, page 103

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Questions about manœuvred

What is manœuvred the simple past and past participle of?
Manœuvred is the simple past and past participle of manœuvre.

Words near manœuvred in the dictionary

  1. manœuvrable
  2. manœuvre
  3. manœuvre the apostles
  4. manœuvreability
  5. manœuvreable
  6. manœuvred
  7. manœuvrer
  8. manœuvrers
  9. manœuvres
  10. manœuvring
  11. mao

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