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withsaves

withsaves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of withsave.

Meaning of withsave

Verb

withsave (third-person singular simple present withsaves, present participle withsaving, simple past and past participle withsaved)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To assure.
    • And few there ys but fyrſt or laſt
      a tyme in loue ones ſhall they haue
      & glad I am my tyme ys paſt
      henceforthe my fredome to wͭſaue
      1831 translation:
      And few there is but first or last,
      A time in love once shall they have;
      And glad I am my time is past,
      Henceforth my freedom to withsave.a. 1542, Thomas Wyatt, “Syns loue ys suche that as ye wott” in the Devonshire Manuscript, folio 51 verso
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To vouchsafe; deign.

Questions about withsaves

What is withsaves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Withsaves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of withsave.

Words near withsaves in the dictionary

  1. withsakes
  2. withsaking
  3. withsat
  4. withsave
  5. withsaved
  6. withsaves
  7. withsaving
  8. withsaw
  9. withsaws
  10. withsay
  11. withsayer

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