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rangles

rangles is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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What is rangles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Rangles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rangle.

Words near rangles in the dictionary

  1. Rangkhol
  2. rangle
  3. rangled
  4. rangler
  5. ranglers
  6. rangles
  7. rangling
  8. rango
  9. rangoes
  10. rangoli
  11. rangolis

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