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dirempting

UK/dɪˈɹɛmptɪŋ/

dirempting is the present participle and gerund of dirempt.

Meaning of dirempt

Verb

dirempt (third-person singular simple present dirempts, present participle dirempting, simple past and past participle dirempted)

  1. (transitive, principally in philosophy) To separate; to divide; to break off.
    • But does it not seem more proper to call this the feeling's quality than its content? Does not the word 'content' suggest that the feeling has already dirempted itself as an act from its content as an object?1909, William James, “The Function of Cognition”, in The Meaning of Truth

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Questions about dirempting

What is dirempting the present participle and gerund of?
Dirempting is the present participle and gerund of dirempt.
How do you pronounce dirempting?
Dirempting is pronounced /dɪˈɹɛmptɪŋ/ (UK).

Words near dirempting in the dictionary

  1. direfully
  2. direfulness
  3. direly
  4. dirempt
  5. dirempted
  6. dirempting
  7. diremption
  8. diremptions
  9. dirempts
  10. direness
  11. direnesses

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