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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

race-bait en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁s-der. Proto-Germanic *rēsōder. Proto-West Germanic *rās Old English rǣs ▲ Proto-Germanic *rēsō Old Norse rásbor. Middle English race English race Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *baitijaną Old Norse beitabor. Middle English bayte English bait English -bait English race-bait From race + -bait (manipulation to elicit a particular response).

Meanings

  1. To engage in race baiting.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
race-baited Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
race-baited Tense=Past lexicographic
race-baiting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
race-baits Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

race-baity