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proled

proled is the simple past and past participle of prole.

Meaning of prole

Verb

prole (third-person singular simple present proles, present participle proling, simple past and past participle proled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To prowl; to proll.
    • […] for he ordained, […] and that boyes and children ſhould have ſo little allowed them to eat, that they ſhould be forced to prole, and ſteal for their better proviſion, to make them thereby the more induſtrious, nimble, and quick of ſpirit, […]1652, Thomas Fitzherbert, chapter VIII, in A Treatise Concerning Policy and Religion, page 57

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Questions about proled

What is proled the simple past and past participle of?
Proled is the simple past and past participle of prole.

Words near proled in the dictionary

  1. prolatocanaliculate
  2. prole
  3. proleague
  4. proleaguer
  5. proleaguers
  6. proled
  7. prolefeed
  8. proleg
  9. prolegal
  10. prolegalism
  11. prolegate

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