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refringe

refringe verb: to infringe.

Verb

refringe (third-person singular simple present refringes, present participle refringing, simple past and past participle refringed)

  1. (transitive) To infringe.
  2. (transitive) To refract.

Forms of refringe

third-person singular presentrefringes
present participlerefringing
past participlerefringed
pastrefringed

Words formed from refringe

Questions about refringe

What does refringe mean?
Refringe means to infringe.
What part of speech is refringe?
Refringe is a verb.
What is the past tense of refringe?
The past tense of refringe is refringed.

Words near refringe in the dictionary

  1. refrighten
  2. refrightened
  3. refrightening
  4. refrightens
  5. refrigs.
  6. refringe
  7. refringed
  8. refringence
  9. refringences
  10. refringencies
  11. refringency

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