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engarrisoning

engarrisoning is the present participle and gerund of engarrison.

Meaning of engarrison

Verb

engarrison (third-person singular simple present engarrisons, present participle engarrisoning, simple past and past participle engarrisoned)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To garrison; to put in garrison, or to protect by a garrison.
    • Those strangers were no otherwise engaged, than as they, that would hold fair correspondence with the citizens, where they were engarrisoned.1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Questions about engarrisoning

What is engarrisoning the present participle and gerund of?
Engarrisoning is the present participle and gerund of engarrison.

Words near engarrisoning in the dictionary

  1. engarmented
  2. engarmenting
  3. engarments
  4. engarrison
  5. engarrisoned
  6. engarrisoning
  7. engarrisons
  8. engastration
  9. engastrimyth
  10. engastrimythic
  11. engastrimyths

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