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enfastening

enfastening is the present participle and gerund of enfasten.

Meaning of enfasten

Verb

enfasten (third-person singular simple present enfastens, present participle enfastening, simple past and past participle enfastened)

  1. (literary, rare) To fasten, to bind tightly.
    • c 1819–1861: Arthur Hugh Clough, Amours de Voyage: Canto V, V. Claude tu Eustace
      Utterly vain is, alas! this attempt at the Absolute, — wholly!
      I, who believed not in her, because I would fain believe nothing,
      Have to believe as I may, with a wilful, unmeaning acceptance.
      I, who refused to enfasten...

Questions about enfastening

What is enfastening the present participle and gerund of?
Enfastening is the present participle and gerund of enfasten.

Words near enfastening in the dictionary

  1. enfantement
  2. enfantements
  3. enfants terribles
  4. enfasten
  5. enfastened
  6. enfastening
  7. enfastens
  8. enfeeble
  9. enfeebled
  10. enfeeblement
  11. enfeeblements

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