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disattracting

disattracting is the present participle and gerund of disattract.

Meaning of disattract

Verb

disattract (third-person singular simple present disattracts, present participle disattracting, simple past and past participle disattracted)

  1. Synonym of repel.
    • Man’s spirit, severing, draws after it a third of finite spirits; his soul disparting, leads astray a third of wandering souls; his body, disuniting, attracts a third of disattracting bodies.1844 September 1, “Protheic Scripture”, in The New Age, Concordium Gazette, and Temperance Advocate, volume I, number 21, London: […] W. Strange, […], published 1845, page 279
    Synonyms:
    repel

Questions about disattracting

What is disattracting the present participle and gerund of?
Disattracting is the present participle and gerund of disattract.

Words near disattracting in the dictionary

  1. disattired
  2. disattires
  3. disattiring
  4. disattract
  5. disattracted
  6. disattracting
  7. disattracts
  8. disattribution
  9. disattune
  10. disattuned
  11. disattunes

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