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beditating

beditating is the present participle and gerund of beditate.

Meaning of beditate

Verb

beditate (third-person singular simple present beditates, present participle beditating, simple past and past participle beditated)

  1. (informal) To meditate while lying down, typically in bed.
    • He was lying on the wharf beside me when he grew silent. I asked, "Meditating?" He smiled and returned, "Beditating." We rarely went to bed before three or four a.m., especially on weekends.1980, Judith Schubert Kranes, David Schubert, Works and Days (Contemporary Poetry Series; 24), Princeton, N.J.: Quarterly Review of Literature, published 1983, page 136

Questions about beditating

What is beditating the present participle and gerund of?
Beditating is the present participle and gerund of beditate.

Words near beditating in the dictionary

  1. bedisened
  2. bedisens
  3. beditate
  4. beditated
  5. beditates
  6. beditating
  7. beditation
  8. bedizen
  9. bedizened
  10. bedizening
  11. bedizenings

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