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debarrassing

debarrassing is the present participle and gerund of debarrass.

Meaning of debarrass

Verb

debarrass (third-person singular simple present debarrasses, present participle debarrassing, simple past and past participle debarrassed)

  1. (dated, transitive) To disembarrass, disentangle, or free from.
    • Miss Gryce snored at last: […] I was debarrassed of interruption; my half-effaced thought instantly revived.1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter X, in Jane Eyre, 1st edition, pages 156–157

Questions about debarrassing

What is debarrassing the present participle and gerund of?
Debarrassing is the present participle and gerund of debarrass.

Words near debarrassing in the dictionary

  1. debarrance
  2. debarrances
  3. debarrass
  4. debarrassed
  5. debarrasses
  6. debarrassing
  7. debarred
  8. debarrer
  9. debarrers
  10. debarreth
  11. debarring

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