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effascinating

effascinating is the present participle and gerund of effascinate.

Meaning of effascinate

Verb

effascinate (third-person singular simple present effascinates, present participle effascinating, simple past and past participle effascinated)

  1. (obsolete) To charm; to bewitch.
    • [they] were deluded, effascinated and befooled with his [Descartes'] jocular Subtilty and prestigious Abstractions there1681, Joseph Glanvill, Sadducismus Triumphatus

Questions about effascinating

What is effascinating the present participle and gerund of?
Effascinating is the present participle and gerund of effascinate.

Words near effascinating in the dictionary

  1. effaceth
  2. effacing
  3. effascinate
  4. effascinated
  5. effascinates
  6. effascinating
  7. effascination
  8. effascinations
  9. effay
  10. EFFDS
  11. effect

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