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drunkening

drunkening is the present participle and gerund of drunken.

Meaning of drunken

Verb

drunken (third-person singular simple present drunkens, present participle drunkening, simple past and past participle drunkened)

  1. (ambitransitive) To make or become drunk or drunken; to intoxicate.
    • Yea, upon a stoned couch and drunkened unto death upon the bittered draught of Rome!1917, Patience Worth, The Sorry Tale, page 153

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Questions about drunkening

What is drunkening the present participle and gerund of?
Drunkening is the present participle and gerund of drunken.

Words near drunkening in the dictionary

  1. drunken shrimp
  2. drunken trees
  3. drunken words are sober thoughts
  4. drunkendom
  5. drunkened
  6. drunkening
  7. drunkenly
  8. drunkenness
  9. drunkennesse
  10. drunkennesses
  11. drunkens

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