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bedumbing

bedumbing is the present participle and gerund of bedumb.

Meaning of bedumb

Verb

bedumb (third-person singular simple present bedumbs, present participle bedumbing, simple past and past participle bedumbed)

  1. (transitive) To make or render dumb, or mute.
    • These make no rustle save Some pine-cone dropt, or murmur that condemns Murmur; bedumb'd with moss that giant nave.1901, Herbert Trench, Deirdre wed and other poems - Page 39

Questions about bedumbing

What is bedumbing the present participle and gerund of?
Bedumbing is the present participle and gerund of bedumb.

Words near bedumbing in the dictionary

  1. beduked
  2. bedukes
  3. beduking
  4. bedumb
  5. bedumbed
  6. bedumbing
  7. bedumbs
  8. bedunce
  9. bedunced
  10. bedunces
  11. beduncing

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