verb · intransitive · rare

oss

oss · osses · ossed · ossing

To set about, or intend be inclined to set aboutTo set about, or intend be inclined to set about (doing something).

/ɒs/

Meaning

2 senses

(dialectal)To set about, or intend be inclined to set about (doing something).
(dialectal)To offer (to do something).

Origin

Unclear. Middle English ōssen had a rather different meaning, "to reveal, to prophesy", bu

Unclear. Middle English ōssen had a rather different meaning, "to reveal, to prophesy", but the OED suggests it could nonetheless be the same verb. The origin of the Middle English verb is itself obscure, but it may be a variant of halsen, from Old English hālsian, although this too had a rather different meaning, "to beseech, entreat; to exorcise; to imprecate".

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Forms

osses, ossing, ossed, ossed

Base form	oss · to oss
3rd person singular	osses
Present participle	ossing
Past simple	ossed
Past participle	ossed

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	oss
he, she, it	osses

Past simpleLesson

all persons

ossed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have ossed
he, she, it	has ossed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will oss

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb

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