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conscribing

conscribing is the present participle and gerund of conscribe.

Meaning of conscribe

Verb

conscribe (third-person singular simple present conscribes, present participle conscribing, simple past and past participle conscribed)

  1. (obsolete) To enroll; to enlist.
    • this armie[…]was conscribed and come together to Harflete.a. 1548 (date written), Edward Hall, Richard Grafton, “(please specify the part of the work)”, in The Vnion of the Two Noble and Illustre Famelies of Lancastre & Yorke, […], London: […] Richardi...

Questions about conscribing

What is conscribing the present participle and gerund of?
Conscribing is the present participle and gerund of conscribe.

Words near conscribing in the dictionary

  1. consciousnessless
  2. consciousnesslessness
  3. conscribe
  4. conscribed
  5. conscribes
  6. conscribing
  7. conscript
  8. conscript father
  9. conscript fathers
  10. conscriptable
  11. conscripted

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