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blemishing

blemishing is the present participle and gerund of blemish.

Meaning of blemish

Verb

blemish (third-person singular simple present blemishes, present participle blemishing, simple past and past participle blemished)

  1. (transitive) To spoil the appearance of.
    • we see ordinarie examples by this licence which wonderfully blemisheth the authoritie and lustre of our law, never to stay upon one sentence, but to run from one to another judge, to decide one same case.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To tarnish (reputation, character, etc.); to defame.
    • There had nothing passed betwixt us that might blemish reputation.1600, Francis Vere, Commentaries of the Divers Pieces of Service

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Words formed from blemishing

Questions about blemishing

What is blemishing the present participle and gerund of?
Blemishing is the present participle and gerund of blemish.

Words near blemishing in the dictionary

  1. blemished
  2. blemisher
  3. blemishers
  4. blemishes
  5. blemisheth
  6. blemishing
  7. blemishless
  8. blemishlessness
  9. blemishment
  10. blemishments
  11. blemisht

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