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inspan

verb

Etymology

From in + span.

  1. derived from *(s)pend-✻ — “to stretch”
  2. inherited from *spannō✻ — “span, handbreadth”
  3. inherited from spann
  4. inherited from spanne
  5. compounded as inspan — “in + span”

Definitions

  1. To yoke (oxen).

    • There was no time to inspan the oxen[…]

  2. To bring or force into service.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inspan. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA