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elementing

elementing is the present participle and gerund of element.

Meaning of element

Verb

element (third-person singular simple present elements, present participle elementing, simple past and past participle elemented)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To compound (something) out of elements.
    • Dull ſublunary lovers love / (VVhoſe ſoule is ſenſe) cannot admit / Abſence, becauſe it doth remove / Thoſe things vvhich elemented it.1611 or 1612 (date written), J[ohn] Donne, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633...
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To constitute and be the elements of (something).
    • His very soul was elemented of nothing but sadness.1658, Izaak Walton, Life of Donne

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Questions about elementing

What is elementing the present participle and gerund of?
Elementing is the present participle and gerund of element.

Words near elementing in the dictionary

  1. elementary, my dear Watson
  2. elementary-schooler
  3. elementary-schoolers
  4. elementation
  5. elemented
  6. elementing
  7. elementism
  8. elementisms
  9. elementoid
  10. elementological
  11. elementology

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