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descriving

descriving is the present participle and gerund of descrive.

Meaning of descrive

Verb

descrive (third-person singular simple present descrives, present participle descriving, simple past and past participle descrived)

  1. (obsolete) To describe.
    • Let her by proofe of that which she hath fylde
      In her owne breast, this Mothers ioy descrive1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about descriving

What is descriving the present participle and gerund of?
Descriving is the present participle and gerund of descrive.

Words near descriving in the dictionary

  1. descriptory
  2. descriptum
  3. descrive
  4. descrived
  5. descrives
  6. descriving
  7. descry
  8. descrying
  9. descs.
  10. descum
  11. descummed

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