"adaunt" meaning in English

See adaunt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: adaunts [present, singular, third-person], adaunting [participle, present], adaunted [participle, past], adaunted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English adaunten, from Old French adanter, adonter, later addomter, from a- + danter. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|adaunten}} Middle English adaunten, {{der|en|fro|adanter}} Old French adanter, {{prefix|fro|a|danter|nocat=1}} a- + danter Head templates: {{en-verb}} adaunt (third-person singular simple present adaunts, present participle adaunting, simple past and past participle adaunted)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To subdue. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-adaunt-en-verb-k-sfr5pQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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