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ransackles

ransackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ransackle.

Meaning of ransackle

Verb

ransackle (third-person singular simple present ransackles, present participle ransackling, simple past and past participle ransackled)

  1. (Scotland, archaic except Northern England) Synonym of ransack.
    • And yet zay nothing for me, but devise All the strićt means, to ransackle me o' my money.1633, Ben Jonson, The tale of a Tub.
    Synonyms:
    ransack

Questions about ransackles

What is ransackles the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Ransackles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ransackle.

Words near ransackles in the dictionary

  1. ransacketh
  2. ransacking
  3. ransackings
  4. ransackle
  5. ransackled
  6. ransackles
  7. ransackling
  8. ransacks
  9. Ransbottom
  10. Ransbottoms
  11. Ransdell

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