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amitting

amitting is the present participle and gerund of amit.

Meaning of amit

Verb

amit (third-person singular simple present amits, present participle amitting, simple past and past participle amitted)

  1. (obsolete) To lose.
    • And though a loadstone fired doth presently amit its proper virtue, and according to the position in cooling contracts a new verticity from the earth, yet if the same be laid awhile in aqua fortis, or other corrosive water, and taken out before a considerable corrosion, it still reserves its...1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Concerning the Loadstone

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Questions about amitting

What is amitting the present participle and gerund of?
Amitting is the present participle and gerund of amit.

Words near amitting in the dictionary

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  3. amitryptyline
  4. amits
  5. amitted
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  7. amity
  8. Amity Harbor
  9. Amityville
  10. Amitābha
  11. Amitābha Buddha

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