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ablaut	a pattern of changes in sounds, usually vowels, that indicate variations in tense, number, person, or the like, as in "sink," "sank," and "sunk".
abode²	a past tense and past participle of abide.
alit	past tense and past participle of alight¹.
arose	past tense of arise.
ate	past tense of eat.
awoke	past tense and past participle of awake.
bade	a past tense of bid.
became	past tense of become.
began	past tense of begin.
begot	past tense and a past participle of beget.
beheld	past tense and past participle of behold.
bent¹	past tense and past participle of bend. [1/6 definitions]
besought	a past tense and past participle of beseech.
betook	past tense of betake.
bit⁴	past tense and a past participle of bite.
blest	a past tense and past participle of bless. [1/2 definitions]
blew	past tense of blow².
bode²	a past tense of bide.
bore⁴	past tense of bear¹.
bought	past tense and past participle of buy.
bound¹	past tense and past participle of bind. [1/5 definitions]

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