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emvowelling

emvowelling is the present participle and gerund of emvowel.

Meaning of emvowel

Verb

emvowel (third-person singular simple present emvowels, present participle (US) emvoweling or (UK) emvowelling, simple past and past participle (US) emvoweled or (UK) emvowelled)

  1. (dated, humorous) To replace a portion of a person's name with a dash in printing, in order to avoid libel.
    • And as for all the words I embowel, or rather emvowel, I will never ſo mangle them, but they ſhall be all as well known as if they retained every vowel in them.1747 December, Henry Fielding, The Gentleman's Magazine, London, page 579, column 2

Questions about emvowelling

What is emvowelling the present participle and gerund of?
Emvowelling is the present participle and gerund of emvowel.

Words near emvowelling in the dictionary

  1. emuwren
  2. emuwrens
  3. EMV
  4. emvowel
  5. emvowelled
  6. emvowelling
  7. emvowels
  8. emyd
  9. emyde
  10. emydes
  11. emydian

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