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depurging

depurging is the present participle and gerund of depurge.

Meaning of depurge

Verb

depurge (third-person singular simple present depurges, present participle depurging, simple past and past participle depurged)

  1. (rare, transitive) To restore (somebody or something previously purged).
    • […] to "depurge" most of the political, military, business and educational leaders previously barred from public life because of their activities in promoting Japan's war policy.1951, Herbert David Croly, The New Republic, volume 125, page 10

Questions about depurging

What is depurging the present participle and gerund of?
Depurging is the present participle and gerund of depurge.

Words near depurging in the dictionary

  1. depured
  2. depurgatory
  3. depurge
  4. depurged
  5. depurges
  6. depurging
  7. depurinate
  8. depurinated
  9. depurinates
  10. depurinating
  11. depurination

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