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declensing

declensing is the present participle and gerund of declense.

Meaning of declense

Verb

declense (third-person singular simple present declenses, present participle declensing, simple past and past participle declensed)

  1. (rare) To decline (to inflect for case and number).
    • In moorish vulgar Arabic there is no true declensing because the final sings are suppressed; See page 13 N°- 30, one form alone being vulgarly used for all the cases in determinate as well as indeterminate nouns.1900, José Lerchundi, Rudiments of the Arabic-Vulgar of Morocco

Questions about declensing

What is declensing the present participle and gerund of?
Declensing is the present participle and gerund of declense.

Words near declensing in the dictionary

  1. decleansing
  2. declenperone
  3. declense
  4. declensed
  5. declenses
  6. declensing
  7. declension
  8. declensional
  9. declensionism
  10. declensionist
  11. declensionists

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