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arose	past tense of "arise."
ate	past tense of "eat."
awoke	past tense of "awake."
became	past tense of "become."
began	past tense of "begin."
beheld	past tense and past participle of "behold."
bent¹	past tense and past participle of "bend." [1/4 definitions]
bit⁴	past tense and a past participle of "bite."
bled	the past tense and past participle of "bleed."
blew	past tense of "blow²."
bore⁴	past tense of "bear¹."
bought	past tense and past participle of "buy."
bred	past tense and past participle of "breed."
broke	past tense of "break." [1/2 definitions]
brought	past tense and past participle of "bring."
built	the past tense and past participle of "build."
burnt	a past tense and past participle of "burn."
came¹	past tense of "come."
caught	past tense and past participle of "catch."
chose	past tense of "choose."
clad¹	a past tense and past participle of "clothe."

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