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Hade vs Dade - What's the difference?

hade | dade |

As an adjective hade

is good (of people).

As a numeral dade is

one.

hade

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) had, hed, hod, from (etyl) . Same as (l).

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) (Scotland) * (l), (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Person (in all senses).
  • (obsolete, biological) Sex; gender.
  • Order; estate; rank; degree; holy or religious orders.
  • State; condition; quality; kind.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hadien, hodien, from (etyl) . See above.

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (had)
  • (obsolete) To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) * (l)

    Etymology 3

    Origin uncertain. Perhaps from a dialectal form of head.

    Verb

    (had)
  • (geology) To slope from the vertical

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (geology) The slope of a vein or fault from the vertical; the complement of the dip

    • Anagrams

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    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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