DISLEAVE

Verb

disleave (third-person singular simple present disleaves, present participle disleaving, simple past and past participle disleaved)

(transitive) Alternative spelling of disleaf

Anagrams

• sea devil, seadevil

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*leave", v. t.

Definition: To deprive of leaves. [R.] The cankerworms that annually that disleaved the elms. Lowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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