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Declense

Pronunciation varies by accent · verb

Meaning

(grammar, rare) To decline (to inflect for case and number)..

Example Sentences

In moorish vulgar Arabic there is no true declensing because the final sings are suppressed; See page 13 N°- 30, one form alone being vulgarly used for all the cases in determinate as well as indeterminate nouns.
I reckon that Lichtenstein had found a Latin genitive abdimi ('of Abdim') but thought it was in the nominative case, not yet declensed in the genitive, and that the person's name was Abdimi, so he applied yet again a Latin genitival suffix.

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What does declense mean?

Declense means (grammar, rare) To decline (to inflect for case and number)..

What is a synonym for declense?

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What is the opposite of declense?

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How do you use declense in a sentence?

In moorish vulgar Arabic there is no true declensing because the final sings are suppressed; See page 13 N°- 30, one form alone being vulgarly used for all the cases in determinate as well as indeterminate nouns.

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