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ambassing

ambassing is the present participle and gerund of ambass.

Meaning of ambass

Verb

ambass (third-person singular simple present ambasses, present participle ambassing, simple past and past participle ambassed)

  1. (humorous, nonstandard) To engage in the professional work of an ambassador.
    • How fruitless attempts to involve us in war With HIM to AMBASS and with HER to ADOR.1913, John Kendrick Bangs, "To Marse Tom and Meh Lady", The Bookman, Volume XXXVIII, page 114

Questions about ambassing

What is ambassing the present participle and gerund of?
Ambassing is the present participle and gerund of ambass.

Words near ambassing in the dictionary

  1. ambassed
  2. ambasses
  3. ambassid
  4. ambassids
  5. ambassies
  6. ambassing
  7. ambassy
  8. Ambastha
  9. Ambasthas
  10. ambatch
  11. ambatches

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