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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dangle after en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (dated) To hang upon importunately; to court the favour of; to beset.
    • the presbyterians, and their clans of other fanaticks, or freethinkers and atheists that dangle after them, are as well inclined to pull down the present establishment of monarchy and religion 1713, Jonathan Swift, A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction:

Forms

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dangling after Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dangles after Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
dangled after Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dangled after Tense=Past lexicographic