play a rôle

verb

Dated spelling of play a role.

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Meanings

verbplay a rôle (third-person singular simple present plays a rôle, present participle playing a rôle, simple past and past participle played a rôle)

present singular third person plays a rôle · participle present playing a rôle · participle past played a rôle · past played a rôle

  1. Dated spelling of play a role.

    At some time in the acquisition of a virtue a grasp of value and a mastery of axiological concepts must begin to play a rôle.

    2016, Kevin Mulligan, chapter 13, in Leo Zaibert, editor, The Theory and Practice of Ontology, Schenectady, New York: Malgrave Macmillan, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 257
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APA

play a rôle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20a%20r%C3%B4le

MLA

“play a rôle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20a%20r%C3%B4le. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “play a rôle,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/play%20a%20r%C3%B4le.

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