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belibelling

belibelling is the present participle and gerund of belibel.

Meaning of belibel

Verb

belibel (third-person singular simple present belibels, present participle (US) belibeling or (UK) belibelling, simple past and past participle (US) belibeled or (UK) belibelled)

  1. (dated, transitive) To libel, slander, calumniate.
    • See the laziness of posterity ; so far from imitating the industry of their ancestors , that they belibel the pure effects of their pains as hellish achievementsa. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC

Questions about belibelling

What is belibelling the present participle and gerund of?
Belibelling is the present participle and gerund of belibel.

Words near belibelling in the dictionary

  1. Belial
  2. Belialic
  3. Beliar
  4. belibel
  5. belibelled
  6. belibelling
  7. belibels
  8. Belica
  9. Belichick
  10. belick
  11. belid

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