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rangled

rangled is the simple past and past participle of rangle.

Meaning of rangle

Verb

rangle (third-person singular simple present rangles, present participle rangling, simple past and past participle rangled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To range about in an irregular manner.
    • Haue you not heard it long ago of cunning Fawkners tolde, / […] / And ſuch as knowe the luring voice of him that féedes them ſtill: / And neuer rangle farre abroade againſt the kéepers will, / Doe farre excéede the haggarde Hauke that ſtoopeth to no ſtale: / Nor forceth on the Lure awhit, but...1567, George Turbervil[l]e, “The Louer to a Gentlewoman, that after Great Friendship without Desart or Cause of Mislyking Refused Him”, in Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets, with a Discourse of...

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Questions about rangled

What is rangled the simple past and past participle of?
Rangled is the simple past and past participle of rangle.

Words near rangled in the dictionary

  1. Rangins
  2. Rangiora
  3. Rangitata
  4. Rangkhol
  5. rangle
  6. rangled
  7. rangler
  8. ranglers
  9. rangles
  10. rangling
  11. rango

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