inhoop en · VERB
Etymology
From in- + hoop.
Meanings
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(obsolete, transitive) To confine or enclose as with a hoop or hoops; coop up.
His cocks do win the battle still of mine, When it is all to nought; and his quails ever Beat mine, inhoop'd, at odds.
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| inhooped | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| inhooped | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| inhooping | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| inhoops | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |