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caveating

caveating noun: shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other. Also the present participle and gerund of caveat.

Noun

caveating (uncountable)

  1. Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
    • Caveating is so necessary a motion in fencing, that without it there could be scarcely any offensive part, or pursuit.a. 1820, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopaedia

Also used as

caveating is also the present participle and gerund of caveat.

Forms of caveating

alternative formcaveatting

Questions about caveating

What does caveating mean?
Caveating means shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
What part of speech is caveating?
Caveating is a noun.

Words near caveating in the dictionary

  1. caveat emptor
  2. caveat lector
  3. caveat loan
  4. caveat loans
  5. caveated
  6. caveating
  7. caveator
  8. caveators
  9. caveats
  10. caveatted
  11. caveatting

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