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discumbering

discumbering is the present participle and gerund of discumber.

Meaning of discumber

Verb

discumber (third-person singular simple present discumbers, present participle discumbering, simple past and past participle discumbered)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To disencumber.
    • a single beam the chief bestrides / There, pois'd awhile, above the bounding tides / His limbs discumbers of the clinging vest1725–1726, Homer, “Book 5”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC

Questions about discumbering

What is discumbering the present participle and gerund of?
Discumbering is the present participle and gerund of discumber.

Words near discumbering in the dictionary

  1. disculping
  2. disculps
  3. discumbency
  4. discumber
  5. discumbered
  6. discumbering
  7. discumbers
  8. discure
  9. discured
  10. discures
  11. discuring

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