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enshadowing

enshadowing is the present participle and gerund of enshadow.

Meaning of enshadow

Verb

enshadow (third-person singular simple present enshadows, present participle enshadowing, simple past and past participle enshadowed)

  1. (transitive) To cover with a shadow.
    • Had he lived some centuries ago, in the brightly coloured civilizations of the past, he would have had a definite status, his rank and his income would have corresponded. But in his day the angel of Democracy had arisen, enshadowing the classes with leathern wings […]1910, E. M. Forster, Howards End

Questions about enshadowing

What is enshadowing the present participle and gerund of?
Enshadowing is the present participle and gerund of enshadow.

Words near enshadowing in the dictionary

  1. Enseys
  2. enshackle
  3. enshaded
  4. enshadow
  5. enshadowed
  6. enshadowing
  7. enshadows
  8. enshawled
  9. ensheath
  10. ensheathe
  11. ensheathed

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