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SWINGED
Etymology 1
Verb
swinged
simple past tense and past participle of swinge
Etymology 2
Verb
swinged
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of swing
Anagrams
• sweding, swindge
Source: Wiktionary
SWINGE
Swinge (swĂŽnj), v. & n.
Definition: See Singe. [Obs.] Spenser.
Swinge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Swinged (swĂŽnjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Swingeing (swĂŽnj"ĂŽng).] Etym: [OE. swengen, AS. swengan to shake, causative of swingan. See Swing.]
1. To beat soundly; to whip; to chastise; to punish. I had swinged him soundly. Shak. And swinges his own vices in his son. C. Dryden.
2. To move as a lash; to lash. [Obs.] Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Milton.
Swinge, n.
1. The sweep of anything in motion; a swinging blow; a swing. [Obs.] Waller.
2. Power; sway; influence. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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