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dementating

dementating is the present participle and gerund of dementate.

Meaning of dementate

Verb

dementate (third-person singular simple present dementates, present participle dementating, simple past and past participle dementated)

  1. (obsolete) To dement, to make crazy.
    • as if they had all […] landed in the mad haven in the Euxine Sea of Daphne insana, which had a secret quality to dementate […]., New York, 2001, p.117

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Questions about dementating

What is dementating the present participle and gerund of?
Dementating is the present participle and gerund of dementate.

Words near dementating in the dictionary

  1. dementalizes
  2. dementalizing
  3. dementate
  4. dementated
  5. dementates
  6. dementating
  7. dementation
  8. demented
  9. dementedly
  10. dementedness
  11. dementia

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