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dastarding

dastarding is the present participle and gerund of dastard.

Meaning of dastard

Verb

dastard (third-person singular simple present dastards, present participle dastarding, simple past and past participle dastarded)

  1. To dastardize.
    • Would my short life had yet a shorter date! / I'm weary of this flesh which holds us here, / And dastards manly souls with hope and fear; / These heats and colds still in our breast make war, / Agues and fevers all our passions are.1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, being the Sequel of The Indian Queen, Act II, Scene 1, http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12166/pg12166-images.html
    Synonyms:
    poltroon, craven

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Questions about dastarding

What is dastarding the present participle and gerund of?
Dastarding is the present participle and gerund of dastard.

Words near dastarding in the dictionary

  1. dastans
  2. dastar
  3. dastard
  4. dastarded
  5. dastardies
  6. dastarding
  7. dastardize
  8. dastardized
  9. dastardizes
  10. dastardizing
  11. dastardlier

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