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obtuses

obtuses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of obtuse.

Meaning of obtuse

Verb

obtuse (third-person singular simple present obtuses, present participle obtusing, simple past and past participle obtused)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To dull or reduce an emotion or a physical state.
    • Fouler. To tread, ſtampe, or trample on; to bruiſe, or cruſh, by ſtamping; hurt, or obtuſe, by treading on; […]1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Fouler”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature Qq ij, verso, column 2

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Questions about obtuses

What is obtuses the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Obtuses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of obtuse.

Words near obtuses in the dictionary

  1. obtusely
  2. obtusely umbonate
  3. obtuseness
  4. obtusenesses
  5. obtuser
  6. obtuses
  7. obtusest
  8. obtusifolin
  9. obtusifoliol
  10. obtusifolione
  11. obtusilactone

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