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rimple

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rim⋅ple

  [rim-puhl] noun, verb, -pled, -pling.
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–noun
1. a wrinkle.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to wrinkle; crumple; crease.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME; cf. MD, MLG rimpel; akin to rumple
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rim·ple   (rĭm'pəl)   
n.  A fold; a wrinkle.
tr. & intr.v.   rim·pled, rim·pling, rim·ples
To wrinkle or form wrinkles.

[Middle English rimpil, from Old English hrympel.]
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