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tholed

tholed is the simple past and past participle of thole.

Meaning of thole

Verb

thole (third-person singular simple present tholes, present participle tholing, simple past and past participle tholed)

  1. (dated, intransitive) To suffer.
    • Seventy beds keeps he there teeming mothers are wont that they lie for to thole and bring forth bairns hale so God’s angel to Mary quoth.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 368
  2. (Northern England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, transitive) To endure, to put up with, to tolerate.
    • Nor was long Poſſeſſion in molendino regio, of receiving Multures for all Corns of a Barony promiſcuouſly without exception of Teind, found to bring the Teind under a Thirlage, Except ſuch as tholed Fire and Water there.1705, William Forbes, “Concerning the Burdens that Tiends are Liable to”, in A Treatise of Church-lands & Tithes, Edinburgh: Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson [i.e., James...

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Questions about tholed

What is tholed the simple past and past participle of?
Tholed is the simple past and past participle of thole.

Words near tholed in the dictionary

  1. tholance
  2. thold
  3. thole
  4. thole pin
  5. thole pins
  6. tholed
  7. tholeiite
  8. tholeiites
  9. tholeiitic
  10. tholemod
  11. Tholen

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