"chaunge" meaning in English

See chaunge in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: chaunges [present, singular, third-person], chaunging [participle, present], chaunged [participle, past], chaunged [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} chaunge (third-person singular simple present chaunges, present participle chaunging, simple past and past participle chaunged)
  1. Obsolete form of change. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: change
    Sense id: en-chaunge-en-verb-A6RWtx4b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 1 9 7 14 17 4 13 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 1 11 8 15 20 4 15 6 1

Inflected forms

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