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contexing

contexing is the present participle and gerund of contex.

Meaning of contex

Verb

contex (third-person singular simple present contexes, present participle contexing, simple past and past participle contexed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To weave together; to form by interweaving.
    • Having examin'd also several kinds of Mushroms, I finde their texture to be somewhat of this kind, that is, to consist of an infinite company of small filaments, every way contex'd and woven together, so as to make a kind of cloth […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XXII

Questions about contexing

What is contexing the present participle and gerund of?
Contexing is the present participle and gerund of contex.

Words near contexing in the dictionary

  1. contestingly
  2. contestings
  3. contests
  4. contex
  5. contexed
  6. contexing
  7. context
  8. context clue
  9. context clues
  10. context collapse
  11. context compaction

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