"indelve" meaning in English

See indelve in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: indelves [present, singular, third-person], indelving [participle, present], indelved [past], indolve [obsolete, past], indelved [participle, past], indolven [obsolete, participle, past], in-delve [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English indelven (“to bury”), equivalent to in- + delve. Cognate with Dutch indelven (“to dig into”). More at in-, delve. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|indelven||to bury}} Middle English indelven (“to bury”), {{prefix|en|in|delve}} in- + delve, {{cog|nl|indelven||to dig into}} Dutch indelven (“to dig into”) Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=indolve|past2_qual=obsolete|past_ptc2=indolven|past_ptc2_qual=obsolete}} indelve (third-person singular simple present indelves, present participle indelving, simple past indelved or (obsolete) indolve, past participle indelved or (obsolete) indolven)
  1. (transitive, obsolete) To bury. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-indelve-en-verb-6mRypUcr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with in-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 13 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 52 26 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 16 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 12 10
  2. To dig or delve into.
    Sense id: en-indelve-en-verb-ezrYG613
  3. To engrave.
    Sense id: en-indelve-en-verb-6L1dZXIQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: indelving

Inflected forms

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