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play a rôle

play a rôle verb: dated spelling of play a role.

Verb

play a rôle (third-person singular simple present plays a rôle, present participle playing a rôle, simple past and past participle played a rôle)

  1. Dated spelling of play a role.
    • At some time in the acquisition of a virtue a grasp of value and a mastery of axiological concepts must begin to play a rôle.2016, Kevin Mulligan, chapter 13, in Leo Zaibert, editor, The Theory and Practice of Ontology, Schenectady, New York: Malgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 257

Forms of play a rôle

third-person singular presentplays a rôle
present participleplaying a rôle
past participleplayed a rôle
pastplayed a rôle

Questions about play a rôle

What does play a rôle mean?
Play a rôle means dated spelling of play a role.
What part of speech is play a rôle?
Play a rôle is a verb.
What is the past tense of play a rôle?
The past tense of play a rôle is played a rôle.

Words near play a rôle in the dictionary

  1. Plawsworth
  2. play
  3. play a double game
  4. play a part
  5. play a role
  6. play a rôle
  7. play about
  8. play against type
  9. play all one's cards
  10. play along
  11. play around

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