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agnizing

agnizing is the present participle and gerund of agnize.

Meaning of agnize

Verb

agnize (third-person singular simple present agnizes, present participle agnizing, simple past and past participle agnized)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To recognise; to acknowledge.
    • I do agnisz / A natural and prompt alacrity / I find in hardness.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Questions about agnizing

What is agnizing the present participle and gerund of?
Agnizing is the present participle and gerund of agnize.

Words near agnizing in the dictionary

  1. agnising
  2. agnition
  3. agnize
  4. agnized
  5. agnizes
  6. agnizing
  7. Agno
  8. Agnoetae
  9. Agnoete
  10. Agnoetes
  11. Agnoetism

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