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complishing

complishing is the present participle and gerund of complish.

Meaning of complish

Verb

complish (third-person singular simple present complishes, present participle complishing, simple past and past participle complished)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To accomplish.
    • For ye into like thraldome me did throw,
      And kept from complishing the faith which I did owe.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about complishing

What is complishing the present participle and gerund of?
Complishing is the present participle and gerund of complish.

Words near complishing in the dictionary

  1. compling
  2. complins
  3. complish
  4. complished
  5. complishes
  6. complishing
  7. complisult
  8. complisulted
  9. complisulting
  10. complisults
  11. complon

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