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manner

/ˈmænɚ/ verb C2
  1. To instill manners into. (transitive)

He/she/it manners · Past mannered · Past participle mannered · -ing form mannering

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Verb forms

Base form
manner
He/she/it
manners
Past
mannered
Past participle
mannered
-ing form
mannering

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Just assume the tone and manner of a husband, and see how she will remind you that your hour is not yet come!”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 26 · C1
“No, no,” answered Dantès; “don’t imagine I am going to put you off in that shabby manner.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 27 · C1
At this moment Danglars, who had been incessantly observing every change in Fernand’s look and manner, saw him stagger and fall back, with an almost convulsive spasm, against a seat placed near one of the open windows.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 30 · C1
“Amen!” responded Caderousse, waving his hand in token of adieu to Danglars, and bending his steps towards the Allées de Meilhan, moving his head to and fro, and muttering as he went, after the manner of one whose mind was overcharged with one absorbing idea.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 40 · C1

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