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scomfits

scomfits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scomfit.

Meaning of scomfit

Verb

scomfit (third-person singular simple present scomfits, present participle scomfiting, simple past and past participle scomfit or scomfited)

  1. (obsolete) To defeat, vanquish.
    • For now here was one knyȝt scomfyte x knyghtes1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV

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Questions about scomfits

What is scomfits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scomfits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scomfit.

Words near scomfits in the dictionary

  1. scomfished
  2. scomfishes
  3. scomfishing
  4. scomfit
  5. scomfiting
  6. scomfits
  7. scomm
  8. scomms
  9. ScoMo
  10. scon
  11. sconce

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