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attrapping

attrapping is the present participle and gerund of attrap.

Meaning of attrap

Verb

attrap (third-person singular simple present attraps, present participle attrapping, simple past and past participle attrapped)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To entrap; to ensnare.
    • The king before he would take his voyage, sent the Erle of Huntyngdon to ſerche and ſcowre the Seas, leaſt any Frenchmen lyeng in wayte for him might attrap him sodeinly, or he had any knowledge of their ſetting forward.1569, Richard Grafton, “Henrye the Fift”, in A Chronicle at Large and Meere History of the Affayres of Englande […], volume II, London: […] Henry Denham, […], for Richarde Tottle and Humffrey Toye...

Questions about attrapping

What is attrapping the present participle and gerund of?
Attrapping is the present participle and gerund of attrap.

Words near attrapping in the dictionary

  1. attracts attention
  2. attrahent
  3. attrahents
  4. attrap
  5. attrapped
  6. attrapping
  7. attraps
  8. attrectation
  9. Attree
  10. Attri
  11. attrib

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