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Deade vs Dade - What's the difference?

deade | dade |

As an adjective deade

is obsolete spelling of dead.

As a verb dade is

to walk unsteadily, like a child; to move slowly.

As a proper noun Dade is

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deade

English

Adjective

(head)
  • dade

    English

    Verb

    (dad)
  • (obsolete) To walk unsteadily, like a child; to move slowly.
  • * Drayton
  • No sooner taught to dade , but from their mother trip.
  • (obsolete) To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a toddler.
  • * Drayton
  • Little children when they learn to go / By painful mothers daded to and fro.
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