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abstorting

abstorting is the present participle and gerund of abstort.

Meaning of abstort

Verb

abstort (third-person singular simple present abstorts, present participle abstorting, simple past and past participle abstorted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To wrest by force or persuasion.
    • he has violently and wrongfully abstorted it from them.1745, Christian Ludovici, Teutsch-englisches Lexicon, page 767

Questions about abstorting

What is abstorting the present participle and gerund of?
Abstorting is the present participle and gerund of abstort.

Words near abstorting in the dictionary

  1. abstinents
  2. Abston
  3. Abstons
  4. abstort
  5. abstorted
  6. abstorting
  7. abstorts
  8. abstr.
  9. abstract
  10. abstract algebra
  11. abstract analytic number theory

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