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cabaling

cabaling is the present participle and gerund of cabal.

Meaning of cabal

Verb

cabal (third-person singular simple present cabals, present participle (US) cabaling or (UK) caballing, simple past and past participle (US) cabaled or (UK) caballed)

  1. (intransitive) To engage in the activities of a cabal.
    • [W]e think it very unbecoming our Prudence, that the Determination ſhould be remitted to the Authors themſelves; when our Adversaries, by Briguing and Caballing, have cauſed so univerſal a Defection from us, that the greater Part of our Society has already deſerted to them, […]1704, [Jonathan Swift], “Section I. The Introduction.”, in A Tale of a Tub. […], London: […] John Nutt, […], →OCLC, page 45

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Questions about cabaling

What is cabaling the present participle and gerund of?
Cabaling is the present participle and gerund of cabal.

Words near cabaling in the dictionary

  1. cabalettas
  2. cabalette
  3. cabalettes
  4. Cabalhin
  5. cabalic
  6. cabaling
  7. cabalism
  8. cabalist
  9. cabalistic
  10. cabalistical
  11. cabalistically

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