"inspan" meaning in English

See inspan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: inspans [present, singular, third-person], inspanning [participle, present], inspanned [participle, past], inspanned [past]
Etymology: in + span Etymology templates: {{compound|en|in|span}} in + span Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} inspan (third-person singular simple present inspans, present participle inspanning, simple past and past participle inspanned)
  1. (transitive) To yoke (oxen). Tags: transitive Translations (yoke oxen): inspan (Afrikaans)
    Sense id: en-inspan-en-verb-DtRDTtVo Disambiguation of 'yoke oxen': 100 0
  2. To bring or force into service.
    Sense id: en-inspan-en-verb-~Su2M3pK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for inspan meaning in English (1.4kB)

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