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charactering

charactering is the present participle and gerund of character.

Meaning of character

Verb

character (third-person singular simple present characters, present participle charactering, simple past and past participle charactered)

  1. (obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.
    • O Roſalind, theſe Trees ſhall be my Bookes, / And in their barkes my thoughts Ile charracter, / That euery eye, which in this Forreſt lookes, / Shall ſee thy vertue witneſt euery where.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Questions about charactering

What is charactering the present participle and gerund of?
Charactering is the present participle and gerund of character.

Words near charactering in the dictionary

  1. characterful
  2. characterfully
  3. characterfulness
  4. characterhood
  5. characteries
  6. charactering
  7. characteriological
  8. characteriologically
  9. characteriologist
  10. characteriologists
  11. characteriology

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