amoulder en · VERB
Etymology
From a- + moulder.
Meanings
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(intransitive) To moulder; to decay.
What his men most often sang, while they actually were marching through Georgia, was another, and of its kind a great song: —“John Brown's body lies amouldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on. […]
2018, Lord Charnwood, Abraham Lincoln, page 295:I can imagine thousands of the blue and the grey who long ago have amouldered in the grave, rising up to call the name of this man "blessed".
1937, The Journal of the Bar Association of the State of Kansas, page 88:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| amouldered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| amouldered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| amoulders | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| amolder | alternative | lexicographic | |
| amouldering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |