Inspan

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To yoke (oxen). transitive

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

  2. 2
    attach a yoke or harness to wordnet
  3. 3
    To bring or force into service.

Example

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

Etymology

From in + span.

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