shire
/ʃaɪ(ə)ɹ/ verb C2- To constitute or reconstitute (a country or region) into one or more shires (noun sense 1.1) or counties. · County Longford was shired in 1586.
He/she/it shires · Past shired · Past participle shired · -ing form shiring
Verb forms
- Base form
- shire
- He/she/it
- shires
- Past
- shired
- Past participle
- shired
- -ing form
- shiring
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Denny had brought him from London, and that he was to have a lieutenant’s commission in the ----shire.
The officers of the ----shire were in general a very creditable, gentlemanlike set and the best of them were of the present party; but Mr.
I hope your plans in favour of the ----shire will not be affected by his being in the neighbourhood.”
“It was the prospect of constant society, and good society,” he added, “which was my chief inducement to enter the ----shire.
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