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persant

persant is the obsolete form of perceant.

Meaning of perceant

Adjective

perceant (comparative more perceant, superlative most perceant)

  1. (archaic) Piercing, sharp.
    • wondrous quick and persant was his spright, / As Eagles eye, that can behold the Sunne [...].1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.10

Forms of persant

comparativemore persant
superlativemost persant

Questions about persant

What is persant the obsolete form of?
Persant is the obsolete form of perceant.

Words near persant in the dictionary

  1. Persads
  2. Persae
  3. persalt
  4. persalts
  5. Persan
  6. persant
  7. Persarmenia
  8. Persaud
  9. Persauds
  10. persay
  11. Persberg

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