"square-bracket" meaning in All languages combined

See square-bracket on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: square-brackets [present, singular, third-person], square-bracketing [participle, present], square-bracketed [participle, past], square-bracketed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} square-bracket (third-person singular simple present square-brackets, present participle square-bracketing, simple past and past participle square-bracketed)
  1. (transitive) To enclose in square brackets. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-square-bracket-en-verb-us8MISjg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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