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toused

toused is the simple past and past participle of touse.

Meaning of touse

Verb

touse (third-person singular simple present touses, present participle tousing, simple past and past participle toused)

  1. (transitive) To rumple, tousle.
  2. (transitive) To pull to pieces.
    • His tongue troules like a Mill-clack: a towzes the Lady ſiſters, as a tumbling Dog does young Rabets; […]c. 1635–1636 (date written), Iohn Ford [i.e., John Ford], The Fancies, Chast and Noble: […], London: […] E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Henry Seile, […], published 1638, →OCLC, Act III, page 39

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Questions about toused

What is toused the simple past and past participle of?
Toused is the simple past and past participle of touse.

Words near toused in the dictionary

  1. tous-les-mois
  2. tous-les-mois starch
  3. tousche
  4. tousches
  5. touse
  6. toused
  7. tousel
  8. touseled
  9. touseling
  10. touselled
  11. touselling

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