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snathes

snathes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of snathe.

Meaning of snathe

Verb

snathe (third-person singular simple present snathes, present participle snathing, simple past and past participle snathed)

  1. (UK, archaic) To lop; to prune.
  2. To snatch.
    • Meleager's mother mad at his offence In that death by his hand had summon'd thence Her Brothers: snathes up the fatall brand which she , which did his life command, And on a flagrant altar it she layes, The which consuming her sons life betray's.1924, John Milton, Some Newly Discovered Stanzas, page 149

Questions about snathes

What is snathes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Snathes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of snathe.

Words near snathes in the dictionary

  1. Snater
  2. Snaters
  3. snath
  4. snathe
  5. snathed
  6. snathes
  7. snathing
  8. snaths
  9. snatiation
  10. snattock
  11. snattocks

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