inspan

English

Etymology

in +‎ span

Verb

inspan (third-person singular simple present inspans, present participle inspanning, simple past and past participle inspanned)

(transitive) To yoke (oxen).
- 1917, H. Rider Haggard, Finished, 2004 Kessinger ed., →ISBN, page 39:
  There was no time to inspan the oxen […]
To bring or force into service.

Antonyms

outspan

Translations

yoke oxen

Afrikaans: inspan

Anagrams

pinnas, snap in, snap-in, snapin

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

inspan

first-person singular present indicative of inspannen (when using a subclause)

Anagrams

span in

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