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areaching

areaching is the present participle and gerund of areach.

Meaning of areach

Verb

areach (third-person singular simple present areaches, present participle areaching, simple past and past participle areached or araught)

  1. (obsolete) To reach for, get at, obtain, get hold of.
    • Then his ambitious sonnes vnto them twaine / Arraught the rule […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about areaching

What is areaching the present participle and gerund of?
Areaching is the present participle and gerund of areach.

Words near areaching in the dictionary

  1. Area V4
  2. area-denial
  3. areach
  4. areached
  5. areaches
  6. areaching
  7. aread
  8. areading
  9. areads
  10. areal
  11. areality

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