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marine

/məˈɹiːn/ verb C1
  1. To adapt for use in a marine environment.
  2. To temporarily inundate with water and/or other marine substances.
  3. To equip (a boat) with sailors and other personnel required for an ocean voyage.

He/she/it marines · Past marined · Past participle marined · -ing form marining

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Verb forms

Base form
marine
He/she/it
marines
Past
marined
Past participle
marined
-ing form
marining

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Monte Cristo smiled at her unusual humility, and showed her two immense porcelain jars, over which wound marine plants, of a size and delicacy that nature alone could produce.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 658 · C1
“Why, that he was a retired sergeant of Marines.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 23 · B2
So you actually were not able to see that that man was a sergeant of Marines?”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 23 · B2
There we have the marine.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 23 · B2

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