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arriding

arriding is the present participle and gerund of arride.

Meaning of arride

Verb

arride (third-person singular simple present arrides, present participle arriding, simple past and past participle arrided)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To please; to gratify.
    • A pretty air; in general, I like it well: but in particular, your long die-note did arride me most.1600 (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Cynthias Reuels, or The Fountayne of Selfe-Loue. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby...

Questions about arriding

What is arriding the present participle and gerund of?
Arriding is the present participle and gerund of arride.

Words near arriding in the dictionary

  1. arriccio
  2. arriccios
  3. arride
  4. arrided
  5. arrides
  6. arriding
  7. arrie
  8. Arrien-en-Bethmale
  9. arriere
  10. arriere-ban
  11. arriere-bans

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