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sneezed |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sneeze \Sneeze\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sneezed}; p. pr & vb n. {Sneezing}.] [OE. snesen of uncertain origin; cf D. snuse to sniff, E. neese, and AS fne['o]san.] To emit air, chiefly through the nose, audibly and violently, by a kind of involuntary convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose. {Not to be sneezed at}, not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] ``He had to do with old women who were not to be sneezed at.'' --Prof. Wilson.
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