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▪ I. carpent, v. rare.|ˈkɑːpənt|
[ad. med.L. carpent-āre to cut or make as a carpenter; cf. F. charpenter, in the senses here given.]
trans. To make as a carpenter; fig. to put together, construct mechanically. Hence ˈcarpented ppl. a.
1623Favine Theat. Hon. ii. xiii. 231 Extended upon the Crosse, made and carpented of Oake. 1878T. Sinclair Mount 75 With carpented ‘Columbiads’, unfortunately he [Poe] condemned poetry not founded at all on the tour de force plan of little ambitious prosaic spirits.
▪ II. carpent(e
obs. (erroneous) f. carpet. |