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scorsed

scorsed is the simple past and past participle of scorse.

Meaning of scorse

Verb

scorse (third-person singular simple present scorses, present participle scorsing, simple past and past participle scorsed)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To barter or exchange.
    • But Paridell sore brused with the blow, / Could not arise, the counterchaunge to scorse […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. (obsolete) To chase.
    • Him first from court he to the citties coursed,
      And from the citties to the townes him prest,
      And from the townes into the countrie forsed
      , And from the country back to private farmes he scorsed1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

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Questions about scorsed

What is scorsed the simple past and past participle of?
Scorsed is the simple past and past participle of scorse.

Words near scorsed in the dictionary

  1. scorrevole
  2. Scorrier
  3. Scorriton
  4. Scorsagian
  5. scorse
  6. scorsed
  7. scorses
  8. Scorsese
  9. Scorsesean
  10. scorsing
  11. scortation

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