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costening

costening is the present participle and gerund of costen.

Meaning of costen

Verb

costen (third-person singular simple present costens, present participle costening, simple past and past participle costened)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To try; tempt.

Questions about costening

What is costening the present participle and gerund of?
Costening is the present participle and gerund of costen.

Words near costening in the dictionary

  1. Costello syndrome
  2. Costelloe
  3. Costellos
  4. costen
  5. Costen's syndrome
  6. costening
  7. coster
  8. coster-monger
  9. coster-mongers
  10. costerdom
  11. Costerfield

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