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effodicating

effodicating is the present participle and gerund of effodicate.

Meaning of effodicate

Verb

effodicate (third-person singular simple present effodicates, present participle effodicating, simple past and past participle effodicated)

  1. (archaic, literary, rare) To dig up.
    • ... occlude it then cloſe together, [...] a cubite vnder grovvnd, agaynſte the ſurrection of the Sunne, in ſome Garden, and there let it remayne the continuance of a moneth thẽ effodicate, or digge vp the ſame & diſtille it.1599, Oswald Gäbelkover, The Boock of Physicke, page 54

Questions about effodicating

What is effodicating the present participle and gerund of?
Effodicating is the present participle and gerund of effodicate.

Words near effodicating in the dictionary

  1. effluxions
  2. effluxome
  3. effodicate
  4. effodicated
  5. effodicates
  6. effodicating
  7. effodient
  8. effoliation
  9. efforce
  10. efforced
  11. efforces

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