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ostended

ostended is the simple past and past participle of ostend.

Meaning of ostend

Verb

ostend (third-person singular simple present ostends, present participle ostending, simple past and past participle ostended)

  1. To exhibit or show
    • Mercy to mean offenders we'll ostend.1602 (first performance), Thomas Dickers [i.e., Thomas Dekker], Iohn Webster [i.e., John Webster], The Famous History of Sir Thomas Wyat. […], London: […] E[dward] A[llde] for Thomas Archer, […]...

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Questions about ostended

What is ostended the simple past and past participle of?
Ostended is the simple past and past participle of ostend.

Words near ostended in the dictionary

  1. osteitis
  2. osteitis deformans
  3. osteitis pubis
  4. osteitises
  5. ostend
  6. ostended
  7. Ostender
  8. Ostenders
  9. ostending
  10. ostends
  11. ostensibility

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