Meaning

1 senses

  1. To coat with pewter.

Origin

From Middle English peutre, from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”)

From Middle English peutre, from Old French peautre, from Vulgar Latin *peltrum (“pewter”), which is of uncertain origin. Possibly related to spelter.

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Forms

pewters, pewtering, pewtered, pewtered
Base formpewter · to pewter
3rd person singularpewters
Present participlepewtering
Past simplepewtered
Past participlepewtered

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypewter
he, she, itpewters

Past simpleLesson

all personspewtered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave pewtered
he, she, ithas pewtered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pewter

Word family

4 related words
RelatedtrifleC2touchmark
Derivedpewtererpewterware

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
petuniapewpfftphalanxphallic

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