king
noun
a male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
kinged
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past participleof king.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof king.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
kingnouna male sovereign or monarch; a man who holds by life tenure, and usually by hereditary right, the chief authority over a country and people.
Example Sentences
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The Ducks kinged the Kings, in essence, by retrenching and building a defense-first focus that offered players a way out of a deep deficit and paved the way for offense to follow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2016
He took a white piece from the pile beside the board and kinged his man.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Taka, daughter of chiefs and Fiji's pride, 3Lily of maidens, was betrothed to him; Desirous eyes kinged him with envy's crown.
From The Rose of Dawn A Tale of the South Sea by John La Farge
He kinged it in the coffee-house, then the fashionable place at which the wits gathered, as Jonson had in the tavern.
From English Literature for Boys and Girls by H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth) Marshall
Its lords had borne a glorious name; God kinged them when the season came.
From The Wisdom of Confucius with Critical and Biographical Sketches by Epiphanius Wilson
