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davening

davening is the present participle and gerund of daven.

Meaning of daven

Verb

daven (third-person singular simple present davens, present participle davening, simple past and past participle davened)

  1. (Judaism, intransitive) to recite the Jewish liturgy; to pray

Questions about davening

What is davening the present participle and gerund of?
Davening is the present participle and gerund of daven.

Words near davening in the dictionary

  1. Davekat
  2. davemaoite
  3. daven
  4. Davenant
  5. davened
  6. davening
  7. davenport
  8. Davenport Green
  9. Davenport trick
  10. Davenport tricks
  11. davenports

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Adapted from Wiktionary: davening (page history and authors); daven (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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