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dentizing

dentizing is the present participle and gerund of dentize.

Meaning of dentize

Verb

dentize (third-person singular simple present dentizes, present participle dentizing, simple past and past participle dentized)

  1. (archaic) To teethe.
    • The old countess […] did dentize twice or thrice.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...
    Synonyms:
    cut new teeth, breed teeth

Questions about dentizing

What is dentizing the present participle and gerund of?
Dentizing is the present participle and gerund of dentize.

Words near dentizing in the dictionary

  1. dentitionally
  2. dentitions
  3. dentize
  4. dentized
  5. dentizes
  6. dentizing
  7. Dentler
  8. Dentlers
  9. dento-
  10. dentoalveolar
  11. dentoalveolars

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