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enskying

enskying is the present participle and gerund of ensky.

Meaning of ensky

Verb

ensky (third-person singular simple present enskies, present participle enskying, simple past and past participle enskied or enskyed)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To place in the sky.
    • Late XIX cent, Francis Thompson, Grace of the Way
      I failed against the affluent tide;
      Out of this abject earth of me
      I was translated and enskied
      Into the heavenly-regioned She.
  2. (poetic, transitive) To exalt.

Questions about enskying

What is enskying the present participle and gerund of?
Enskying is the present participle and gerund of ensky.

Words near enskying in the dictionary

  1. enskinned
  2. enskinning
  3. enskins
  4. ensky
  5. enskyed
  6. enskying
  7. enslavability
  8. enslavable
  9. enslave
  10. enslaveability
  11. enslaveable

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