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efforming

efforming is the present participle and gerund of efform.

Meaning of efform

Verb

efform (third-person singular simple present efforms, present participle efforming, simple past and past participle efformed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To form or shape (literally, or figuratively).
    • And they understand so little, that, 1. they thought God heard them not, unless they spake their prayers, at least, efforming their words within their lips; […]1668, “Twenty-seven Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […]: Sermon II. [Of the Spirit of Grace.] Part II.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev....

Questions about efforming

What is efforming the present participle and gerund of?
Efforming is the present participle and gerund of efform.

Words near efforming in the dictionary

  1. efform
  2. efformation
  3. efformations
  4. efformative
  5. efformed
  6. efforming
  7. efforms
  8. effort
  9. effort distance
  10. effort distances
  11. effort post

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