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deraying

deraying is the present participle and gerund of deray.

Meaning of deray

Verb

deray (third-person singular simple present derays, present participle deraying, simple past and past participle derayed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To derange.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To become deranged; to go wild.

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Questions about deraying

What is deraying the present participle and gerund of?
Deraying is the present participle and gerund of deray.

Words near deraying in the dictionary

  1. deratted
  2. deratting
  3. derattled
  4. deray
  5. derayed
  6. deraying
  7. derays
  8. Derazhnia
  9. Derbeian
  10. Derbeians
  11. derbend

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