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debelling

debelling is the present participle and gerund of debel.

Meaning of debel

Verb

debel (third-person singular simple present debels, present participle debelling, simple past and past participle debelled)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To conquer.
    • Him long of old Thou didst debel, and down from heaven cast With all his army.1671, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC

Questions about debelling

What is debelling the present participle and gerund of?
Debelling is the present participle and gerund of debel.

Words near debelling in the dictionary

  1. debellates
  2. debellating
  3. debellatio
  4. debellation
  5. debelled
  6. debelling
  7. debels
  8. deben
  9. debend
  10. debendification
  11. debending

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