inspan

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

in +‎ span

Verb[edit]

inspan (third-person singular simple present inspans, present participle inspanning, simple past and past participle inspanned)

(transitive) To yoke (oxen).
- 1917, H. Rider Haggard, Finished, Kessinger, published 2004, →ISBN, page 39:
  There was no time to inspan the oxen […]
To bring or force into service.

Antonyms[edit]

outspan

Translations[edit]

yoke oxen

Afrikaans: inspan

Anagrams[edit]

napsin, pinnas, snap in, snap-in, snapin, spanin

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

inspan

first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative of inspannen

Anagrams[edit]

span in

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