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abluding

abluding is the present participle and gerund of ablude.

Meaning of ablude

Verb

ablude (third-person singular simple present abludes, present participle abluding, simple past and past participle abluded)

  1. (archaic, intransitive) To be unlike; to differ.
    • Neither doth it much ablude from this, that our English divines at Dort call the decree of God, whereby he hath appointed in and by Christ to save those that repent, believe, and persevere, decretum annunciatum salutis omnibus, etc.1619, Joseph Hall, Via media, The Way of Peace

Questions about abluding

What is abluding the present participle and gerund of?
Abluding is the present participle and gerund of ablude.

Words near abluding in the dictionary

  1. abloom
  2. ablow
  3. ablude
  4. abluded
  5. abludes
  6. abluding
  7. abluent
  8. abluents
  9. ablukast
  10. ablumenal
  11. abluminal

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