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method

/ˈmɛθəd/ verb C2
  1. To apply a method to. (transitive)
  2. To apply particular treatment methods to (a mold). (transitive)

He/she/it methods · Past methoded · Past participle methoded · -ing form methoding

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Verb forms

Base form
method
He/she/it
methods
Past
methoded
Past participle
methoded
-ing form
methoding

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A Carpenter, with equal enthusiasm, proposed timber as a preferable method of defense.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 40 · B2
Persuaded as Miss Bingley was that Darcy admired Elizabeth, this was not the best method of recommending herself; but angry people are not always wise; and in seeing him at last look somewhat nettled, she had all the success she expected.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 305 · B2
You know a conjuror gets no credit when once he has explained his trick, and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all.”
A Study in Scarlet, p. 38 · B2
By the method of exclusion, I had arrived at this result, for no other hypothesis would meet the facts.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 82 · B2

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