"carpent" meaning in English

See carpent in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: carpents [present, singular, third-person], carpenting [participle, present], carpented [participle, past], carpented [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from carpenter. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|carpenter}} Back-formation from carpenter Head templates: {{en-verb}} carpent (third-person singular simple present carpents, present participle carpenting, simple past and past participle carpented)
  1. (nonstandard, rare) To do carpentry, or work on (something) as a carpenter. Tags: nonstandard, rare Synonyms: carpenter#Verb

Inflected forms

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