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atterrating

atterrating is the present participle and gerund of atterrate.

Meaning of atterrate

Verb

atterrate (third-person singular simple present atterrates, present participle atterrating, simple past and past participle atterrated)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To fill up with alluvial earth.
    • The rain doth[…]atterrate or add part of the sea to the firm land1738, John Ray, Travels Through the Low Countries

Questions about atterrating

What is atterrating the present participle and gerund of?
Atterrating is the present participle and gerund of atterrate.

Words near atterrating in the dictionary

  1. atterly
  2. attern
  3. atterrate
  4. atterrated
  5. atterrates
  6. atterrating
  7. atterration
  8. atterrations
  9. atters
  10. Atterton
  11. Attertons

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