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compurgating

compurgating is the present participle and gerund of compurgate.

Meaning of compurgate

Verb

compurgate (third-person singular simple present compurgates, present participle compurgating, simple past and past participle compurgated)

  1. (ambitransitive) To acquit (a person), or acquit a person of (an offence), by compurgation.

Questions about compurgating

What is compurgating the present participle and gerund of?
Compurgating is the present participle and gerund of compurgate.

Words near compurgating in the dictionary

  1. compuper
  2. compupers
  3. compurgate
  4. compurgated
  5. compurgates
  6. compurgating
  7. compurgation
  8. compurgations
  9. compurgator
  10. compurgatorial
  11. compurgators

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