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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

limple en · VERB

Etymology

From limp + -le (frequentative suffix).

Meanings

  1. (dialectal, intransitive) To move or walk with a limp; hobble
    • Now I may claim the gold from clay: / Years ago today I looked / And limpled away; in my breast's alembic / Cupped the foolish face. 1996, M C Richards, Opening Our Moral Eye:

Forms

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limpling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
limpled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
limpled Tense=Past lexicographic
limples Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic