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affectioning

affectioning is the present participle and gerund of affection.

Meaning of affection

Verb

affection (third-person singular simple present affections, present participle affectioning, simple past and past participle affectioned)

  1. (archaic) To feel affection for.
    • Why, truth is truth, I do not think my lady Isabella ever much affectioned my young lord, your son: yet he was a sweet youth as one should see.1764, Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto, section V

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Questions about affectioning

What is affectioning the present participle and gerund of?
Affectioning is the present participle and gerund of affection.

Words near affectioning in the dictionary

  1. affectionately
  2. affectionateness
  3. affectionates
  4. affectionating
  5. affectioned
  6. affectioning
  7. affectionless
  8. affectionlessness
  9. affections
  10. affectious
  11. affectiously

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