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cadencing

cadencing is the present participle and gerund of cadence.

Meaning of cadence

Verb

cadence (third-person singular simple present cadences, present participle cadencing, simple past and past participle cadenced)

  1. (transitive) To give a cadence to.
    • there was besides, in an already dominating and growing element, a motive that was stronger and more enduring than enthusiasm —an implacable antagonism which acted side by side with the cause of the Union as a perpetual impelling force against the social conditions of the South, controlling the...1897, Don Carlos Buell, “Why the Confederacy Failed”, in The Century, volume 53
  2. (transitive) To give structure to.
    • It was the Exile, however, which cadenced the rhythm of Jewish existence1966, Joseph Leon Blau, Modern varieties of Judaism, page 158

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Questions about cadencing

What is cadencing the present participle and gerund of?
Cadencing is the present participle and gerund of cadence.

Words near cadencing in the dictionary

  1. cadence rampa
  2. cadence-lypso
  3. cadenced
  4. cadences
  5. cadencies
  6. cadencing
  7. cadency
  8. cadene
  9. cadenette
  10. cadenettes
  11. Cadenhead

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