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Society for Pure English, Tract 02 - On English Homophones by Robert Seymour Bridges;Society for Pure English
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VII. HOMOPHONES DUE ONLY TO AN INFLECTED FORM OF A WORD. COMPARATIVES
OF ADJECTIVES, &C.

adze, adds.
art (_s._), art (_v._).
bard, barred.
band, banned.
battels, battles (_bis_).
baste, based.
baize, bays (_bis_).
bent, bent (_pp. bend_).
bean, been.
blue, blew.
bode, bowed.
bold, bowled, bolled (_obs._).
bald, bawled.
braid, brayed.
bread, bred.
brood, brewed.
bruise, brews.
depose, dépôts.
divers (_adj._), divers (_plu._).
dug (_teat_), dug (fr. _dig_).
duct, ducked.
dust, dost.
daze, days.
daisies, dazes (_both inflected_).
doze, does (_plu. of doe_).
aloud, allowed.
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