devil's advocating
devil's advocating is the present participle of devil's advocate.
Meaning of devil's advocate
Verb
devil's advocate (third-person singular simple present devil's advocates, present participle devil's advocating, simple past and past participle devil's advocated)
- To play devil's advocate.
- Disclaimer: people shouldn't take things I say too personally, I'm often a bit blunt and like to devil's advocate and debate things (another part of this is that I've typically not bothered to post on things that are correct, but to correct things when they're wrong... if you take everything I...2006 September 27, bwross, “Crawl-SS: Weapon & armor changes”, in rec.games.roguelike.misc (Usenet)
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- What is devil's advocating the present participle of?
- Devil's advocating is the present participle of devil's advocate.
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