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proof-read en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of proofread.
    alt of proofread
    • Knowing that the printed word is always edited, typeset and proof-read before it reaches us, we appreciate its literary authority. 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Merely Conventional Signs”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 180:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
proof-reads Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
proof-read Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
proof-read Tense=Past lexicographic
proof-reading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic