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Definition of "handselled" []

  • Simple past tense and past participle of handsel. (verb)

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Use "handselled" in a sentence
  • "Progne how her brother-in-law Tereus had by force handselled her copyhold, and then cut out her tongue that she might not (as women will) tell tales."
  • "She handselled it, and hastening where he lay, cried in furious fashion, "You are unbound already.""
  • "Their son handselled them together, and gave the mother to his sire."
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