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mail

/meɪl/ verb B1
  1. To arm with mail. (transitive)
  2. To pinion. (transitive)

He/she/it mails · Past mailed · Past participle mailed · -ing form mailing

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Verb forms

Base form
mail
He/she/it
mails
Past
mailed
Past participle
mailed
-ing form
mailing

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He set out, and on the Saturday evening reached the Place de la Douane by the mail-coach.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 347 · C1
“Father brought the paper home from Bright River not ten minutes ago--it came out on the afternoon train, you know, and won’t be here till tomorrow by mail--and when I saw the pass list I just rushed over like a wild thing.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 273 · C1
His opened mail lay like a bank of stage snow on his crowded desk.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 17 · C1
War was again proclaimed, however, and when the trumpet summoned him to his standard, the Soldier put on his charger its military trappings, and mounted, being clad in his heavy coat of mail.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 26 · B2

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