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comprinting

comprinting is the present participle and gerund of comprint.

Meaning of comprint

Verb

comprint (third-person singular simple present comprints, present participle comprinting, simple past and past participle comprinted)

  1. To print together.
  2. (UK, obsolete) To reprint without permission a work belonging to another.
    • After the wars, the University Printers did, for some time, continue to comprint privileged books at Oxford, as well as those at London, but soon after came to their former agreement, but for lower payments.1781, John Gutch, Collectanea Curiosa, page 280

Questions about comprinting

What is comprinting the present participle and gerund of?
Comprinting is the present participle and gerund of comprint.

Words near comprinting in the dictionary

  1. comprest
  2. comprimario
  3. comprimarios
  4. comprint
  5. comprinted
  6. comprinting
  7. comprints
  8. comprisable
  9. comprisal
  10. comprisals
  11. comprise

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