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swinge

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6 lettersPronunciation /swɪnd͡ʒ/Part of speech verbSorted eginswStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. burn superficially or lightly

Word origin

From Middle English swengen (“to strike”), from Old English swenġan (“to dash, strike; to cause to swing”), from Proto-West Germanic *swangijan (“to cause to swing”).

Used in a sentence

  • The scorching flame fore swinged all his face
  • Th' old Dragon underground / In ſtraiter limits bound, / Not half ſo far caſts his uſurped ſvvay, / And vvrath to ſee his Kingdom fail, / Svvindges the ſcaly Horrour of his foulded tail.
  • For certaine words he ſpake againſt your Grace / In your retirment, I had ſwing'd him ſoundly.

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