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earnesting

earnesting is the present participle and gerund of earnest.

Meaning of earnest

Verb

earnest (third-person singular simple present earnests, present participle earnesting, simple past and past participle earnested)

  1. (transitive) To be serious with; use in earnest.
    • Let's prove among ourselves our armes in jest, That when we come to earnest them with men, We may them better use.1602, Pastor Fido, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

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Questions about earnesting

What is earnesting the present participle and gerund of?
Earnesting is the present participle and gerund of earnest.

Words near earnesting in the dictionary

  1. earnest-moneys
  2. earnested
  3. earnester
  4. earnestest
  5. earnestful
  6. earnesting
  7. earnestlier
  8. earnestly
  9. earnestness
  10. earnestnesse
  11. earnestnesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: earnesting (page history and authors); earnest (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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