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componing

componing is the present participle and gerund of compone.

Meaning of compone

Verb

compone (third-person singular simple present compones, present participle componing, simple past and past participle componed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To compose; to settle; to arrange.
    • 31 March 1528, Casale, Gardiner and Foxe, letter to Wolsey
      a good pretence for componing peace

Questions about componing

What is componing the present participle and gerund of?
Componing is the present participle and gerund of compone.

Words near componing in the dictionary

  1. componentizing
  2. componentry
  3. components
  4. componentwise
  5. componentwisely
  6. componing
  7. compony
  8. componé
  9. compooter
  10. compooters
  11. compoplot

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