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after-eyeing

after-eyeing is the present participle and gerund of after-eye.

Meaning of after-eye

Verb

after-eye (third-person singular simple present after-eyes, present participle after-eyeing or (rare) after-eying, simple past and past participle after-eyed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To keep in view or sight.
    • Thou shouldst have made him
      As little as a crow, or less, ere left
      To after-eye him.1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

Questions about after-eyeing

What is after-eyeing the present participle and gerund of?
After-eyeing is the present participle and gerund of after-eye.

Words near after-eyeing in the dictionary

  1. after-effects
  2. after-event
  3. after-events
  4. after-eye
  5. after-eyed
  6. after-eyeing
  7. after-eyes
  8. after-eying
  9. after-five
  10. after-game
  11. after-games

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