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emballing

emballing is the present participle and gerund of emball.

Meaning of emball

Verb

emball (third-person singular simple present emballs, present participle emballing, simple past and past participle emballed)

  1. (obsolete) To encircle, embrace, or surround
    • In faith, for little England / You'd venture an emballing: / I myself would for Carnarvonshire.1601, William Shakespeare, Henry VIII

Questions about emballing

What is emballing the present participle and gerund of?
Emballing is the present participle and gerund of emball.

Words near emballing in the dictionary

  1. embaling
  2. emball
  3. emballage
  4. emballages
  5. emballed
  6. emballing
  7. emballonurid
  8. emballonurids
  9. emballs
  10. embalm
  11. embalmable

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