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dismarrying

dismarrying is the present participle and gerund of dismarry.

Meaning of dismarry

Verb

dismarry (third-person singular simple present dismarries, present participle dismarrying, simple past and past participle dismarried)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.
    • He was dismaryed, and maryed agayne to another gentylwoman.1523–1525, John Bourchier, Froissart's Chronicles

Questions about dismarrying

What is dismarrying the present participle and gerund of?
Dismarrying is the present participle and gerund of dismarry.

Words near dismarrying in the dictionary

  1. dismarches
  2. dismarching
  3. dismarried
  4. dismarries
  5. dismarry
  6. dismarrying
  7. Dismas
  8. dismask
  9. dismasked
  10. dismasking
  11. dismasks

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