"wex" meaning in English

See wex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: wexes [present, singular, third-person], wexing [participle, present], wexed [participle, past], wexed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} wex (third-person singular simple present wexes, present participle wexing, simple past and past participle wexed)
  1. Obsolete form of wax. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: wax
    Sense id: en-wex-en-verb-XhVZnfT8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wexes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wexing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wexed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wexed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wex (third-person singular simple present wexes, present participle wexing, simple past and past participle wexed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "wax"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis:",
          "text": "The sun but seem'd the lab'rer of their year;\nEach wexing moon supply'd her wat'ry store.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of wax."
      ],
      "id": "en-wex-en-verb-XhVZnfT8",
      "links": [
        [
          "wax",
          "wax#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wex"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wexes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wexing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wexed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wexed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "wex (third-person singular simple present wexes, present participle wexing, simple past and past participle wexed)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "wax"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English obsolete forms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis:",
          "text": "The sun but seem'd the lab'rer of their year;\nEach wexing moon supply'd her wat'ry store.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete form of wax."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wax",
          "wax#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "wex"
}

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