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word it

word it verb: to bandy words; to dispute; to speak excessively or angrily.

Verb

word it (third-person singular simple present words it, present participle wording it, simple past and past participle worded it)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To bandy words; to dispute; to speak excessively or angrily.
    • to word it with her [a shrew]1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC

Forms of word it

third-person singular presentwords it
present participlewording it
past participleworded it
pastworded it

Questions about word it

What does word it mean?
Word it means to bandy words; to dispute; to speak excessively or angrily.
What part of speech is word it?
Word it is a verb.
What is the past tense of word it?
The past tense of word it is worded it.

Words near word it in the dictionary

  1. word has it
  2. word hole
  3. word holes
  4. word is
  5. word is bond
  6. word it
  7. word ladder
  8. word ladders
  9. word line
  10. word lines
  11. word list

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