Word Meanings - AMBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. base. Cf. 1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider. 2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king,

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fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to go: cf. Gr. base. Cf. 1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the horse or to its rider. 2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or without hard shocks. The skipping king, he ambled up and down. Shak. Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. Shak.

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• AMBLE
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• APPLICANCY
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