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distantiating

distantiating is the present participle and gerund of distantiate.

Meaning of distantiate

Verb

distantiate (third-person singular simple present distantiates, present participle distantiating, simple past and past participle distantiated)

  1. To distance (to put or keep at a literal or metaphorical or mental distance).
    • Extend from some fewe Maine Angls Base lines for Boundaries […] and from conuenient distances in the same, distantiate euery By.1610, Folkingham, Art of Survey, II. v. 55

Questions about distantiating

What is distantiating the present participle and gerund of?
Distantiating is the present participle and gerund of distantiate.

Words near distantiating in the dictionary

  1. distant starlight problem
  2. distantial
  3. distantiate
  4. distantiated
  5. distantiates
  6. distantiating
  7. distantiation
  8. distantiations
  9. distantly
  10. distantness
  11. distants

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