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engreening

engreening is the present participle and gerund of engreen.

Meaning of engreen

Verb

engreen (third-person singular simple present engreens, present participle engreening, simple past and past participle engreened)

  1. (poetic, rare, transitive) To make something green.
    • Giving him up, she kept the art
      Still to engreen his desert part […]1939, Mark Van Doren, Collected Poems, 1922-1938, page 304

Questions about engreening

What is engreening the present participle and gerund of?
Engreening is the present participle and gerund of engreen.

Words near engreening in the dictionary

  1. engreatening
  2. engreatens
  3. Engred
  4. engreen
  5. engreened
  6. engreening
  7. engreens
  8. engrieve
  9. engrieved
  10. engrieves
  11. engrieving

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