"bowe" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bowes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bowe (plural bowes)
  1. Obsolete spelling of bow. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: bow
    Sense id: en-bowe-en-noun-Qr-mHJRO

Verb

Forms: bowes [present, singular, third-person], bowing [participle, present], bowed [participle, past], bowed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} bowe (third-person singular simple present bowes, present participle bowing, simple past and past participle bowed)
  1. Obsolete spelling of bow. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: bow
    Sense id: en-bowe-en-verb-Qr-mHJRO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 22 46 7 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 19 62 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 62 9 10

Inflected forms

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