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Definition of gaol verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

gaol

verb
 
/dʒeɪl/
 
/dʒeɪl/
(British English, old-fashioned) [usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gaol
 
/dʒeɪl/
 
/dʒeɪl/
he / she / it gaols
 
/dʒeɪlz/
 
/dʒeɪlz/
past simple gaoled
 
/dʒeɪld/
 
/dʒeɪld/
past participle gaoled
 
/dʒeɪld/
 
/dʒeɪld/
-ing form gaoling
 
/ˈdʒeɪlɪŋ/
 
/ˈdʒeɪlɪŋ/
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