verjuice
verjuice · verjuices · verjuiced · verjuicing
To render something sourTo render something sour; to embitter.
/ˈvɝd͡ʒuːs/
Meaning
1 sensesTo render something sour; to embitter.
Origin
From Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), frFrom Middle English verjous, vergeous, from Old French vertjus, verjus (French verjus), from vert + jus. First attested in c. 1302.
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Forms
verjuices, verjuicing, verjuiced, verjuicedLessons 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 dictionaryDictionary 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.