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dislikening

dislikening is the present participle and gerund of disliken.

Meaning of disliken

Verb

disliken (third-person singular simple present dislikens, present participle dislikening, simple past and past participle dislikened)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To make unlike; to disguise.
    • Dismantle you , and as you can , disliken
      The truth of your own seeming , that you mayc. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about dislikening

What is dislikening the present participle and gerund of?
Dislikening is the present participle and gerund of disliken.

Words near dislikening in the dictionary

  1. dislikeful
  2. dislikelihood
  3. disliken
  4. dislikened
  5. dislikeness
  6. dislikening
  7. dislikens
  8. disliker
  9. dislikers
  10. dislikes
  11. dislikest

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