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denizening

denizening is the present participle and gerund of denizen.

Meaning of denizen

Verb

denizen (third-person singular simple present denizens, present participle denizening, simple past and past participle denizened)

  1. (UK, historical, transitive) To grant rights of citizenship to; to naturalize.
    • He was denizened to Ireland after fleeing his home country.
  2. (transitive) To provide with denizens; to populate with adopted or naturalized occupants.
    • There were a few islets in the sand […] . These were at once denizened by the Calotropis, Argemone, Tamarix, Gnaphalium luteoalbum and two other species […] .1849, Joseph Dalton Hooker, “Extracts from the Private Letters of Dr. J. D. Hooker, written during a Botanical Mission to India” in William Jackson Hooker (editor), Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew...

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Questions about denizening

What is denizening the present participle and gerund of?
Denizening is the present participle and gerund of denizen.

Words near denizening in the dictionary

  1. denized
  2. denizen
  3. denizenation
  4. denizenations
  5. denizened
  6. denizening
  7. denizenize
  8. denizenized
  9. denizenizes
  10. denizenizing
  11. denizens

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