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Gruntle is what lexicographers call a frequentive, a verb that describes repeated or recurrent action.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Gruntle is what lexicographers call a frequentive, a verb that describes repeated or recurrent action.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Gruntle is what lexicographers call a frequentive, a verb that describes repeated or recurrent action.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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Gruntle is what lexicographers call a frequentive, a verb that describes repeated or recurrent action.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The frequentive of wrest is wrestle; of prate, prattle; of spark, sparkle; and the frequentive of grunt is gruntle.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The frequentive of wrest is wrestle; of prate, prattle; of spark, sparkle; and the frequentive of grunt is gruntle.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The frequentive of wrest is wrestle; of prate, prattle; of spark, sparkle; and the frequentive of grunt is gruntle.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The frequentive of wrest is wrestle; of prate, prattle; of spark, sparkle; and the frequentive of grunt is gruntle.
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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The word "to dwell" * (habitare) * however, we say means "to dominate," since it is the frequentive of the word "to have" * (habeo, habes) *.
The Deeds of God Through the Franks Abbot of Nogent-sous-Coucy Guibert 1088
ruzuzu commented on the word frequentive
"frequentive (not comparable)
Misspelling of frequentative."
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October 4, 2019