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augusting

augusting is the present participle and gerund of august.

Meaning of august

Verb

august (third-person singular simple present augusts, present participle augusting, simple past and past participle augusted)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To make ripe; ripen.
  2. (obsolete, rare) To bring to realization.
    • By divine science and cœlestial art / He for the cause of the dear nations toiled, / And augusted man's heavenly hopes that so, / […] / he might, by awful rites / […] / Adhæsion with Divinity achieve.1855, Philip James Bailey, The Mystic and Other Poems, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 55

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Questions about augusting

What is augusting the present participle and gerund of?
Augusting is the present participle and gerund of august.

Words near augusting in the dictionary

  1. Augustin
  2. Augustin process
  3. Augustina
  4. Augustine
  5. Augustines
  6. augusting
  7. Augustinian
  8. Augustinian of the Assumption
  9. Augustinianism
  10. Augustinians
  11. Augustinians of the Assumption

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