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perned

perned is the simple past and past participle of pern.

Meaning of pern

Verb

pern (third-person singular simple present perns, present participle perning, simple past and past participle perned)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take profit of; to make profitable.
    • Those that, to ease their Purse, or please their Prince Pern their Profession1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, translated by Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas His Deuine Weekes and Workes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Humfrey Lownes [and are to be sold by Arthur Iohnson...

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Questions about perned

What is perned the simple past and past participle of?
Perned is the simple past and past participle of pern.

Words near perned in the dictionary

  1. pernancies
  2. pernancy
  3. Pernas
  4. perne
  5. Perneau
  6. perned
  7. Pernell
  8. Pernells
  9. Pernice
  10. Pernices
  11. Perniciaro

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