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empanoplying

empanoplying is the present participle and gerund of empanoply.

Meaning of empanoply

Verb

empanoply (third-person singular simple present empanoplies, present participle empanoplying, simple past and past participle empanoplied)

  1. (UK, also, figuratively, historical, transitive) To dress in a full suit of armour; to panoply.
    • I see, I see, empanoply'd in arms, / (Rapt with prophetic fire, sage Chiron cried), / O'er Phrygian plains wide hurling war's alarms, / Thy son, O Thetis, rise, his country's pride.1784, William R[obert] Spencer, “Chorus from the Iphigenia in Aulis of Euripides. Written at Harrow School, in the Year 1784.”, in Poems by the Late Hon. William R. Spencer; […], new edition, London...

Questions about empanoplying

What is empanoplying the present participle and gerund of?
Empanoplying is the present participle and gerund of empanoply.

Words near empanoplying in the dictionary

  1. empannelling
  2. empannels
  3. empanoplied
  4. empanoplies
  5. empanoply
  6. empanoplying
  7. emparadise
  8. emparadised
  9. emparadises
  10. emparadising
  11. emparish

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