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cantillating

cantillating is the present participle and gerund of cantillate.

Meaning of cantillate

Verb

cantillate (third-person singular simple present cantillates, present participle cantillating, simple past and past participle cantillated)

  1. To chant, or to recite musically (especially in a synagogue).
    • Some recite this portion by cantillating each verse twice and then saying the Targum.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 264

Questions about cantillating

What is cantillating the present participle and gerund of?
Cantillating is the present participle and gerund of cantillate.

Words near cantillating in the dictionary

  1. cantilevers
  2. cantiling
  3. cantillate
  4. cantillated
  5. cantillates
  6. cantillating
  7. cantillation
  8. cantillational
  9. cantillations
  10. cantillatory
  11. Cantillo

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