spute

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

spute

1. inflection of sputen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Latin

Participle

spūte

1. vocative masculine singular of spūtus

Middle English

Verb

spute

1. to dispute; to discuss
   • c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume II, Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, Job 30:10, page 714, column left:

     to ſpute my face þey ſhame not

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Further reading

• “spute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.