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musties

musties is the third-person singular simple present indicative of musty.

Meaning of musty

Verb

musty (third-person singular simple present musties, present participle mustying, simple past and past participle mustied)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn musty (adjective sense 1 or 2); to must.
    • Wi[lding]. But harke thee, harke thee VVill, did'ſt vvinne it? / Ha[zard]. No, but I may looſe it ere I goe to bed. / Doſt think't ſhall muſtie, vvhat's a hundred pound?1633 November 21 (date licensed; Gregorian calendar), Iames Shirly [i.e., James Shirley], The Gamester. […], London: […] Iohn Norton, for Andrew Crooke, and William Cooke, published 1637, →OCLC, Act...

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Questions about musties

What is musties the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Musties is the third-person singular simple present indicative of musty.

Words near musties in the dictionary

  1. musths
  2. musthy
  3. MUSTIE
  4. mustied
  5. mustier
  6. musties
  7. mustiest
  8. mustifino
  9. mustifinos
  10. mustily
  11. mustimeter

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