October
/ɑkˈtoʊ.bəɹ/ verb C2- In the early Soviet Union, to give (a child) a name tinged with Soviet revolutionary thought, as opposed to religious christening.
He/she/it Octobers · Past Octobered · Past participle Octobered · -ing form Octobering
Verb forms
- Base form
- october
- He/she/it
- octobers
- Past
- octobered
- Past participle
- octobered
- -ing form
- octobering
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IT was October again when Anne was ready to go back to school--a glorious October, all red and gold, with mellow mornings when the valleys were filled with delicate mists as if the spirit of autumn had poured them in for the sun to drain--amethyst, pearl, silver, rose, and smoke-blue.
October 9, 1890.”
Baskerville Hall, October 13th.
October 16th.—A dull and foggy day with a drizzle of rain.
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