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inspan en · VERB

Etymology

From in + span.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To yoke (oxen).
    • There was no time to inspan the oxen[…] 1917, H. Rider Haggard, Finished, Kessinger, published 2004, →ISBN, page 39:
    • He was trekking across country, and being anxious to arrive at his destination before the heat of the day he ordered his boys to inspan whilst it was still dark. They had some trouble in doing so, as the mules were very restive, but at last they managed it, and a start was made. The mules raced along like the wind, and when daylight came they saw why. In the darkness, the boys had inspanned a lion as the near wheeler. 1924, Agatha Christie, The Man in the Brown Suit:
  2. To bring or force into service.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
inspans Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
inspanned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
inspanned Tense=Past lexicographic
inspanning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

outspan

Translations (1)

af inspan (yoke oxen)