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reticenced

reticenced is the simple past and past participle of reticence.

Meaning of reticence

Verb

reticence (third-person singular simple present reticences, present participle reticencing, simple past and past participle reticenced)

  1. (rare, transitive) To deliberately not listen or pay attention to; to disregard, to ignore.
    • [Percy Bysshe] Shelley, a true vates, was called upon by their divine influence to render some choice passages from this very Faust, which, from confessed inability, [Francis Leveson-]Gower had left unattempted in his precious version, and some which from other motives he had purposely reticensed.1833 May, “Hayward’s Translation of Goethe’s “Faust””, in Fraser’s Magazine for Town and Country, volume VII, number XLI, London: James Fraser […], →OCLC, page 532, column 1
    Synonyms:
    pass over

See all 6 meanings of reticence

Forms of reticenced

alternative formreticensed

Questions about reticenced

What is reticenced the simple past and past participle of?
Reticenced is the simple past and past participle of reticence.

Words near reticenced in the dictionary

  1. reticella
  2. reticellas
  3. reticelli
  4. reticello
  5. reticence
  6. reticenced
  7. reticences
  8. reticencies
  9. reticency
  10. reticense
  11. reticensed

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