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eisegeting

eisegeting is the present participle and gerund of eisegete.

Meaning of eisegete

Verb

eisegete (third-person singular simple present eisegetes, present participle eisegeting, simple past and past participle eisegeted)

  1. To place meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself
    • Derrida and Religion: Other Testaments edited by Yvonne Sherwood, Kevin Hart (page 255) (Routledge, →ISBN) http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0415968887&id=9MD3qFaGYKcC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&ots=WTzI0sbp1m&dq=eisegete&sig=FYhXwSuFYFJfumbj9GFo-WlHF7c
      And nowhere does that nongivenness appear more...

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Questions about eisegeting

What is eisegeting the present participle and gerund of?
Eisegeting is the present participle and gerund of eisegete.

Words near eisegeting in the dictionary

  1. eisegeted
  2. eisegetes
  3. eisegetic
  4. eisegetical
  5. eisegetically
  6. eisegeting
  7. eisel
  8. Eisele
  9. Eiseles
  10. Eiseley
  11. eisell

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