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verb · transitive · rare

pern

pern · perns · perned · perning

To take profit of; to make profitableTo take profit of; to make profitable.

/pɜː(ɹ)n/

Meaning

1 senses

(obsolete)To take profit of; to make profitable.

Origin

See pernancy.

See pernancy.

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Forms

perns, perning, perned, perned

regular · Lesson

Base form	pern · to pern
3rd person singular	perns
Present participle	perning
Past simple	perned
Past participle	perned

Tenses

pern · perned · will pern · have perned

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	pern
he, she, it	perns

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will pern

Past simpleLesson

all persons

perned

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

permissive permitB1 permutation pernicious pernickety peroxide

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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