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ostends

ostends is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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What is ostends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ostends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ostend.

Words near ostends in the dictionary

  1. ostend
  2. ostended
  3. Ostender
  4. Ostenders
  5. ostending
  6. ostends
  7. ostensibility
  8. ostensible
  9. ostensibly
  10. ostension
  11. ostensions

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