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acupunctuating

acupunctuating is the present participle and gerund of acupunctuate.

Meaning of acupunctuate

Verb

acupunctuate (third-person singular simple present acupunctuates, present participle acupunctuating, simple past and past participle acupunctuated)

  1. (rare) To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.
    • In the course of these months she was bled, leeched, acupunctuated, […].1830, George Tate, A Treatise on Hysteria, page 72

Questions about acupunctuating

What is acupunctuating the present participle and gerund of?
Acupunctuating is the present participle and gerund of acupunctuate.

Words near acupunctuating in the dictionary

  1. acupressurist
  2. acupressurists
  3. acupunctuate
  4. acupunctuated
  5. acupunctuates
  6. acupunctuating
  7. acupunctuation
  8. acupunctural
  9. acupuncturally
  10. acupuncturation
  11. acupuncturations

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