"infang" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: infangs [plural]
Etymology: Shortened from infangthief. Head templates: {{en-noun}} infang (plural infangs)
  1. Alternative form of infangthief Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: infangthief
    Sense id: en-infang-en-noun-x-uvuBrC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 24 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 25 25 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 25 25 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: infangs [present, singular, third-person], infanging [participle, present], infanged [participle, past], infanged [past]
Etymology: From in- + fang. Compare Old English onfōn (past participle onfangen; "to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive"). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|fang}} in- + fang, {{cog|ang|onfōn}} Old English onfōn, {{gloss|past participle <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">onfangen</i>; "to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive"}} (past participle onfangen; "to take, receive, perceive, comprehend, accept, take to one’s self, sponsor, harbor, favor unrighteously, take hold of, undertake, undergo, begin, conceive") Head templates: {{en-verb}} infang (third-person singular simple present infangs, present participle infanging, simple past and past participle infanged)
  1. (transitive, UK dialectal, Scotland) To draw or take in. Tags: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
    Sense id: en-infang-en-verb-3NabUX1D Categories (other): British English, Scottish English, 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: 26 28 24 23 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 47 34 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 25 25 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 25 25 24
  2. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To cheat; gull; take in. Tags: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-infang-en-verb-Xbpo0xwQ Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 24 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 25 25 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 25 25 24
  3. (transitive, dialectal or obsolete, Scotland) To seize; get into one's clutches. Tags: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-infang-en-verb-Nd9UKh~l Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 24 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 25 25 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 25 25 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: infangthief
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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