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disshivering

disshivering is the present participle and gerund of disshiver.

Meaning of disshiver

Verb

disshiver (third-person singular simple present disshivers, present participle disshivering, simple past and past participle disshivered)

  1. (transitive) (archaic) To break apart into pieces.
    • Disshiver'd spears and shields ytorn in twain.1859, George Gilfillan, The Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer, page 343

Questions about disshivering

What is disshivering the present participle and gerund of?
Disshivering is the present participle and gerund of disshiver.

Words near disshivering in the dictionary

  1. disshipped
  2. disshipping
  3. disships
  4. disshiver
  5. disshivered
  6. disshivering
  7. disshivers
  8. dissidence
  9. dissidences
  10. dissident
  11. dissident right

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