Definition of "serpented" []

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

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• "a good housewifely idea, she fired his imagination according to her fantasies, by certain small favours and little looks which serpented towards him like biting adders, trifling with the happiness of this young life, like a princess accustomed to play with objects more precious than a simple knight."