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disgrading

disgrading is the present participle and gerund of disgrade.

Meaning of disgrade

Verb

disgrade (third-person singular simple present disgrades, present participle disgrading, simple past and past participle disgraded)

  1. (obsolete) To degrade.
    • disgrade him from his first tonsure1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To deprive of rank or status.

Questions about disgrading

What is disgrading the present participle and gerund of?
Disgrading is the present participle and gerund of disgrade.

Words near disgrading in the dictionary

  1. disgracive
  2. disgradation
  3. disgrade
  4. disgraded
  5. disgrades
  6. disgrading
  7. disgraduate
  8. disgraduated
  9. disgraduates
  10. disgraduating
  11. disgrantle

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