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empuzzling

empuzzling is the present participle and gerund of empuzzle.

Meaning of empuzzle

Verb

empuzzle (third-person singular simple present empuzzles, present participle empuzzling, simple past and past participle empuzzled)

  1. (obsolete) To puzzle.
    • It hath empuzzeled the enquiries of others to apprehend […] how without fear or doubt she could discourse with such a creature, or hear a Serpent speak, without suspition of imposture.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Book I, Chapter 1, p. 1

Questions about empuzzling

What is empuzzling the present participle and gerund of?
Empuzzling is the present participle and gerund of empuzzle.

Words near empuzzling in the dictionary

  1. empusid
  2. empusids
  3. empuzzle
  4. empuzzled
  5. empuzzles
  6. empuzzling
  7. empyema
  8. empyemas
  9. empyemata
  10. empyematous
  11. empyemic

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