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encloistering

encloistering is the present participle and gerund of encloister.

Meaning of encloister

Verb

encloister (third-person singular simple present encloisters, present participle encloistering, simple past and past participle encloistered)

  1. To shut away in a cloister.
    Synonyms:
    cloister

Questions about encloistering

What is encloistering the present participle and gerund of?
Encloistering is the present participle and gerund of encloister.

Words near encloistering in the dictionary

  1. enclogged
  2. enclogging
  3. enclogs
  4. encloister
  5. encloistered
  6. encloistering
  7. encloisters
  8. enclomifene
  9. enclomiphene
  10. enclosable
  11. enclose

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Adapted from Wiktionary: encloistering (page history and authors); encloister (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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