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disinvigorating

disinvigorating is the present participle and gerund of disinvigorate.

Meaning of disinvigorate

Verb

disinvigorate (third-person singular simple present disinvigorates, present participle disinvigorating, simple past and past participle disinvigorated)

  1. (transitive) To weaken (e.g. strength or character)
    • I doubt whether to attribute this to old-age, and to consider it as inevitable, or to blame this soft, and warm, and disinvigorating climate.1844, Sydney Smith, letter to Mrs. Holland

Questions about disinvigorating

What is disinvigorating the present participle and gerund of?
Disinvigorating is the present participle and gerund of disinvigorate.

Words near disinvigorating in the dictionary

  1. disinvestors
  2. disinvests
  3. disinvigorate
  4. disinvigorated
  5. disinvigorates
  6. disinvigorating
  7. disinvitation
  8. disinvitations
  9. disinvite
  10. disinvited
  11. disinvites

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