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chafening

chafening is the present participle and gerund of chafen.

Meaning of chafen

Verb

chafen (third-person singular simple present chafens, present participle chafening, simple past and past participle chafened)

  1. (transitive) To make chafed
    • Faith, picturing to its view this cross, the Holy Spirit engraving it on the heart in spiritual regeneration, the whole soul receiving him whom it lifts up, as its "wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption," gently and effectually transforms the spirit, that was chafened and...1854, William Bacon Stevens, The Bow in the Cloud, page 152

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Noun

chafening (uncountable)

  1. The act or process of making chafed

Origin of chafening

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

From chafen + -ing.

Questions about chafening

What does chafening mean?
Chafening means the act or process of making chafed.
What is chafening the present participle and gerund of?
Chafening is the present participle and gerund of chafen.
What part of speech is chafening?
Chafening is a noun.

Words near chafening in the dictionary

  1. chafe at the bit
  2. chafed
  3. chafed at the bit
  4. chafen
  5. chafened
  6. chafening
  7. chafens
  8. chafer
  9. chaferies
  10. chafers
  11. chafery

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