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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

puft en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English poften (“to puff, pant”), from Old English *puffettan, from Proto-West Germanic *puffattjan (“to puff repeatedly, pant”), equivalent to puff + -t.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A puff.

Forms

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pufts Number=Plur lexicographic

puft en · VERB

Etymology

From Middle English poften (“to puff, pant”), from Old English *puffettan, from Proto-West Germanic *puffattjan (“to puff repeatedly, pant”), equivalent to puff + -t.

Meanings

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To puff.

Forms

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pufts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
pufted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
pufted Tense=Past lexicographic
pufting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic