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ess

/ˈɛs/ verb C2
  1. To move in a changing direction, forming the shape of a letter S.

He/she/it esses · Past essed · Past participle essed · -ing form essing

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Verb forms

Base form
ess
He/she/it
esses
Past
essed
Past participle
essed
-ing form
essing

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...essed of ingots, gold, money,
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 196 · C1
“This 25th day of April, 1498, be...ing invited to dine by his Holiness Alexander VI., and fearing that not...content with making me pay for my hat, he may desire to become my heir, and re...serves for me the fate of Cardinals Caprara and Bentivoglio, who were poisoned,...I declare to my nephew, Guido Spada, my sole heir, that I have bu...ried in a place he knows and has visited with me, that is, in...the caves of the small Island of Monte Cristo, all I poss...essed of ingots, gold, money, jewels, diamonds, gems; that I alone...know of the existence of this treasure, which may amount to nearly two mil...lions of Roman crowns, and which he will find on raising the twentieth ro...ck from the small creek to the east in a right line.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 196 · C1

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