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offcaps

offcaps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of offcap.

Meaning of offcap

Verb

offcap (third-person singular simple present offcaps, present participle offcapping, simple past and past participle offcapped)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To take off the cap by way of obeisance or salutation.
    • Three Great-ones of the Cittie,
      (In perſonall ſuite to make me his Lieutenant)
      Off-capt to himc. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about offcaps

What is offcaps the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Offcaps is the third-person singular simple present indicative of offcap.

Words near offcaps in the dictionary

  1. offbreak
  2. offbreaks
  3. offcap
  4. offcapped
  5. offcapping
  6. offcaps
  7. offcast
  8. offcasting
  9. offcasts
  10. offchance
  11. Offchurch

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