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digladiating

digladiating is the present participle and gerund of digladiate.

Meaning of digladiate

Verb

digladiate (third-person singular simple present digladiates, present participle digladiating, simple past and past participle digladiated)

  1. (rare) To fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.
    • Digladiating, like Æschines and Demosthenes, they reciprocally lay open each other's filthiness to the view and scorn of the world.1659, John Hales, Golden Remains

Questions about digladiating

What is digladiating the present participle and gerund of?
Digladiating is the present participle and gerund of digladiate.

Words near digladiating in the dictionary

  1. digizine
  2. digizines
  3. digladiate
  4. digladiated
  5. digladiates
  6. digladiating
  7. digladiation
  8. digladiations
  9. Diglis
  10. diglossal
  11. diglossally

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