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beplaguing

beplaguing is the present participle and gerund of beplague.

Meaning of beplague

Verb

beplague (third-person singular simple present beplagues, present participle beplaguing, simple past and past participle beplagued)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To plague.
    • And there with laughter to beplague you,
      'Till it has ſhaken off your ague.July 20, 1734 (date written), “To the Same”, in Part of the Poetical Works of the Late Rev. Samuel Shepherd, A. M., Dublin: […] W. Sleater, published 1790, page 56

Questions about beplaguing

What is beplaguing the present participle and gerund of?
Beplaguing is the present participle and gerund of beplague.

Words near beplaguing in the dictionary

  1. bepity
  2. bepitying
  3. beplague
  4. beplagued
  5. beplagues
  6. beplaguing
  7. beplaided
  8. beplaster
  9. beplastered
  10. beplastering
  11. beplasters

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