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rivelled

rivelled is the simple past and past participle of rivel.

Meaning of rivel

Verb

rivel (third-person singular simple present rivels, present participle (US) riveling or (UK) rivelling, simple past and past participle (US) riveled or (UK) rivelled)

  1. (intransitive) To shrivel, wrinkle (up).
  2. (transitive) To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel.
    • they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […], New York Review of Books, 2001, p.279

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Questions about rivelled

What is rivelled the simple past and past participle of?
Rivelled is the simple past and past participle of rivel.

Words near rivelled in the dictionary

  1. rived
  2. rivel
  3. Rivelin
  4. riveling
  5. rivelings
  6. rivelled
  7. rivelling
  8. rivels
  9. riven
  10. Rivenbark
  11. Rivenbarks

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