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deserting the diet

deserting the diet is the present participle of desert the diet.

Meaning of desert the diet

Verb

desert the diet (third-person singular simple present deserts the diet, present participle deserting the diet, simple past and past participle deserted the diet)

  1. (historical, Scots law) To abandon criminal proceedings under a particular libel.

Questions about deserting the diet

What is deserting the diet the present participle of?
Deserting the diet is the present participle of desert the diet.

Words near deserting the diet in the dictionary

  1. desertifies
  2. desertify
  3. desertifying
  4. desertin'
  5. deserting
  6. deserting the diet
  7. desertion
  8. desertions
  9. desertisation
  10. desertization
  11. desertland

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