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safe-conducted

safe-conducted is the simple past and past participle of safe-conduct.

Meaning of safe-conduct

Verb

safe-conduct (third-person singular simple present safe-conducts, present participle safe-conducting, simple past and past participle safe-conducted)

  1. (obsolete) To guarantee safe passage by granting such a document.
    • Who […] Haue paſt the armie of the mightie Turke:
      Bearing his priuie ſignet and his hand,
      To ſafe conduct vs thorow Affrica: […]c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

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Questions about safe-conducted

What is safe-conducted the simple past and past participle of?
Safe-conducted is the simple past and past participle of safe-conduct.

Words near safe-conducted in the dictionary

  1. safe third country
  2. safe travels
  3. safe word
  4. safe words
  5. safe-conduct
  6. safe-conducted
  7. safe-conducting
  8. safe-conducts
  9. safe-cracker
  10. safe-crackers
  11. safe-deposit

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