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brillianting

brillianting is the present participle and gerund of brilliant.

Meaning of brilliant

Verb

brilliant (third-person singular simple present brilliants, present participle brillianting, simple past and past participle brillianted)

  1. (transitive) To cut (a diamond) with many facets, to make it into a brilliant.
    • In short, the diamond owed more to being brillianted and polished, and well set, than to any intrinsic worth or solidity.1851, The Western Literary Messenger, page 256

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Questions about brillianting

What is brillianting the present participle and gerund of?
Brillianting is the present participle and gerund of brilliant.

Words near brillianting in the dictionary

  1. brilliant rummynose tetras
  2. brillianted
  3. brilliantine
  4. brilliantined
  5. brilliantines
  6. brillianting
  7. brilliantining
  8. brilliantly
  9. brilliantness
  10. brilliants
  11. brillig

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