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ecstasying

ecstasying is the present participle and gerund of ecstasy.

Meaning of ecstasy

Verb

ecstasy (third-person singular simple present ecstasies, present participle ecstasying, simple past and past participle ecstasied)

  1. (intransitive) To experience intense pleasure.
  2. (transitive) To cause intense pleasure in.
    • Ali Agha jumped up, seized the visitor by the shoulder, compelled him to sit down, and, ecstasied by the old man's horror at the scene, filled a tumbler, and with the usual grotesque grimaces insisted upon his drinking it.2011, Richard Francis Burton, Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah, →ISBN

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Questions about ecstasying

What is ecstasying the present participle and gerund of?
Ecstasying is the present participle and gerund of ecstasy.

Words near ecstasying in the dictionary

  1. ecstasize
  2. ecstasized
  3. ecstasizes
  4. ecstasizing
  5. ecstasy
  6. ecstasying
  7. ecstatic
  8. ecstatica
  9. ecstatical
  10. ecstatically
  11. ecstaticas

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