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verb · intransitive · rare

perne

perne · pernes · perned · perning

To spin or gyrateTo spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).

Meaning

1 senses

To spin or gyrate (as the pern of a spinning-wheel).

Origin

Nonce-derivation from pern by William Butler Yeats; see the 1928 quotation.

Nonce-derivation from pern by William Butler Yeats; see the 1928 quotation.

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Forms

pernes, perning, perned, perned

Base form	perne · to perne
3rd person singular	pernes
Present participle	perning
Past simple	perned
Past participle	perned

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	perne
he, she, it	pernes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

perned

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will perne

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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