inspan

English

Etymology

in +‎ span

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To yoke (oxen).
   • 1917, H. Rider Haggard, Finished, 2004 Kessinger ed., →ISBN, page 39:

     There was no time to inspan the oxen […]

2. To bring or force into service.

Antonyms

• outspan

Translations

yoke oxen

• Afrikaans: inspan
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

inspan

1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of inspannen (when using a subclause)

Anagrams

• span in