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mountebanked

mountebanked is the simple past and past participle of mountebank.

Meaning of mountebank

Verb

mountebank (third-person singular simple present mountebanks, present participle mountebanking, simple past and past participle mountebanked)

  1. (intransitive) To act as a mountebank.
  2. (transitive) To cheat by boasting and false pretenses.
    • Ile Mountebanke their Loues, / Cogge their Hearts from them,c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about mountebanked

What is mountebanked the simple past and past participle of?
Mountebanked is the simple past and past participle of mountebank.

Words near mountebanked in the dictionary

  1. Mountcastle
  2. Mountcastles
  3. Mountcharles
  4. mountdown
  5. mountebank
  6. mountebanked
  7. mountebankeries
  8. mountebankery
  9. mountebanking
  10. mountebankish
  11. mountebankism

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