"declense" meaning in All languages combined

See declense on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: declenses [present, singular, third-person], declensing [participle, present], declensed [participle, past], declensed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from declension Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱley-|id=incline}}, {{back-formation|en|declension}} Back-formation from declension Head templates: {{en-verb}} declense (third-person singular simple present declenses, present participle declensing, simple past and past participle declensed)
  1. (grammar, rare) To decline (to inflect for case and number). Tags: rare Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-declense-en-verb-pfDbGmgr Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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