alloy
noun
a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
had alloyed
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past perfectof alloy.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But it had emerged, not broken, as in 1782, but rejuvenated, purged of the baser elements which had alloyed its imperial spirit, and confirmed in its faith in the principles on which it was built.
From The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History by Muir, Ramsay
