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daftening

daftening is the present participle and gerund of daften.

Meaning of daften

Verb

daften (third-person singular simple present daftens, present participle daftening, simple past and past participle daftened)

  1. (Scotland, ambitransitive, rare) To make or become daft.
    • He daffened it, afooar he killed it.1899, Nicholson, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Questions about daftening

What is daftening the present participle and gerund of?
Daftening is the present participle and gerund of daften.

Words near daftening in the dictionary

  1. daftardar
  2. daftardars
  3. daftars
  4. daften
  5. daftened
  6. daftening
  7. daftens
  8. dafter
  9. dafters
  10. daftest
  11. daftie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: daftening (page history and authors); daften (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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