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distincting

distincting is the present participle and gerund of distinct.

Meaning of distinct

Verb

distinct (third-person singular simple present distincts, present participle distincting, simple past and past participle distincted)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To distinguish; to make a distinction.
    • Here every means is made use of to do away all distincting between federal and antifederal and I suspect with no very friendly design to the federal cause.1788, James McHenry, letter to George Washington, 27 July, in The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections 1788–1790, vol. 2, ed. Gordon DenBoer, University of Wisconsin Press, 1984, page...

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Questions about distincting

What is distincting the present participle and gerund of?
Distincting is the present participle and gerund of distinct.

Words near distincting in the dictionary

  1. distinctest
  2. distinctified
  3. distinctifies
  4. distinctify
  5. distinctifying
  6. distincting
  7. distinction
  8. distinction without a difference
  9. distinctional
  10. distinctioning
  11. distinctionless

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