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delignating

delignating is the present participle and gerund of delignate.

Meaning of delignate

Verb

delignate (third-person singular simple present delignates, present participle delignating, simple past and past participle delignated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To clear or strip of wood.
    • It moves me much his accusation of covetousness , dilapidating , or rather delignating , his bishopric1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Questions about delignating

What is delignating the present participle and gerund of?
Delignating is the present participle and gerund of delignate.

Words near delignating in the dictionary

  1. delightsomely
  2. delightsomeness
  3. delignate
  4. delignated
  5. delignates
  6. delignating
  7. delignification
  8. delignifications
  9. delignified
  10. delignifies
  11. delignify

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