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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

send to dorse en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete, slang, transitive) To throw (a person) onto their back; to knock out.
    • a. 1823, Fancy Gazette, quoted in 1823, John Badcock, Slang, a Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life Gas now planted his favourite hit under the left listener of his antagonist, which sent him to dorse.

Forms

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sent to dorse Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sent to dorse Tense=Past lexicographic
sending to dorse Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sends to dorse Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic