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demuring

demuring is the present participle and gerund of demure.

Meaning of demure

Verb

demure (third-person singular simple present demures, present participle demuring, simple past and past participle demured)

  1. (obsolete) To look demurely.
    • Your Wife Octavia, with her modeſt eyes, / […] ſhall acquire no Honour / Demuring vpon me:c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...

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What is demuring the present participle and gerund of?
Demuring is the present participle and gerund of demure.

Words near demuring in the dictionary

  1. demureness
  2. demurenesses
  3. demurer
  4. demures
  5. demurest
  6. demuring
  7. demurity
  8. Demuro
  9. Demuros
  10. demurrable
  11. demurrage

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