"bedunce" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: bedunces [present, singular, third-person], beduncing [participle, present], bedunced [participle, past], bedunced [past]
Etymology: From be- + dunce. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|be|dunce}} be- + dunce Head templates: {{en-verb}} bedunce (third-person singular simple present bedunces, present participle beduncing, simple past and past participle bedunced)
  1. (transitive, archaic, rare) To treat as, or reduce to, a dunce; to make stupid. Tags: archaic, rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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