archipelagoing
archipelagoing is the present participle and gerund of archipelago.
Meaning of archipelago
Verb
archipelago (third-person singular simple present archipelagos, present participle archipelagoing, simple past and past participle archipelagoed)
- To scatter or strew (a place, or something) with things that collectively resemble a group of many islands.
- As the seas level, as the seas / Swept into ripples by the breeze, / And archipelagoed by trees, / Majestic spreading oaks, that rise / Like island walls against the skies.1912, Samuel John Alexander, “The Regions which are Holy Land”, in The Inverted Torch, and Other Poems, San Francisco, Calif.: A. M. Robertson, →OCLC, page 183
Questions about archipelagoing
- What is archipelagoing the present participle and gerund of?
- Archipelagoing is the present participle and gerund of archipelago.
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